När etnicitet står i fokus - En fallstudie av Kenyas presidentval 2007
(2008)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This thesis discusses the 2007 elections in Kenya, and its aftermath. The aim is to examine whether or not ethnicity played a major role in the outbreak of violence that followed the referendum. As well as different theories and discussions on ethnicity, I will also try to explain the course of events by using theories of increased civil violence during a democratic transition, and the fact that weak political institutions can cause violence. My conclusion is that ethnicity has played a part in the violence, but is too simple to blame the events following the election on just that. A number of different factors all contributed to the outbreak, but all to a different extent. The election and its results was the direct event that triggered... (More)
- This thesis discusses the 2007 elections in Kenya, and its aftermath. The aim is to examine whether or not ethnicity played a major role in the outbreak of violence that followed the referendum. As well as different theories and discussions on ethnicity, I will also try to explain the course of events by using theories of increased civil violence during a democratic transition, and the fact that weak political institutions can cause violence. My conclusion is that ethnicity has played a part in the violence, but is too simple to blame the events following the election on just that. A number of different factors all contributed to the outbreak, but all to a different extent. The election and its results was the direct event that triggered the violence, but other more underlying factors can also be a reason, such as frustration over continued corruption within the political institutions and political instability during a democratic transition. (Less)
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- author
- Nilsson, Anna Stina
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2008
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Kenya, Elections, Ethnicity, Violence, 'Democratic transition', Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1315708
- date added to LUP
- 2009-01-07 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2009-01-28 00:00:00
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abstract = {{This thesis discusses the 2007 elections in Kenya, and its aftermath. The aim is to examine whether or not ethnicity played a major role in the outbreak of violence that followed the referendum. As well as different theories and discussions on ethnicity, I will also try to explain the course of events by using theories of increased civil violence during a democratic transition, and the fact that weak political institutions can cause violence. My conclusion is that ethnicity has played a part in the violence, but is too simple to blame the events following the election on just that. A number of different factors all contributed to the outbreak, but all to a different extent. The election and its results was the direct event that triggered the violence, but other more underlying factors can also be a reason, such as frustration over continued corruption within the political institutions and political instability during a democratic transition.}},
author = {{Nilsson, Anna Stina}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{När etnicitet står i fokus - En fallstudie av Kenyas presidentval 2007}},
year = {{2008}},
}