Class Actors in Two Kenyan Transitions -Democracy, redress and distribution policy in a post-authoritarian state
(2007)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This essay is a comparative study the role of class actors in Kenya's independence movement and democratic transition in 2002. The concept of social class in an African context is explored in order to develop Berins Collier's theory of working class and elite actors in democratic transition. What roles the actors played, their motivations and arena of action are analysed in both transitions. The two transitions are then compared in order to find similarities and differences between them.
The second part of this essay discusses how the role of the actors has influence the course of action taken by the Kenyan state with regards to redress for those who suffered during the colonial regime and single-party authoritarian regime respectively.
... (More) - This essay is a comparative study the role of class actors in Kenya's independence movement and democratic transition in 2002. The concept of social class in an African context is explored in order to develop Berins Collier's theory of working class and elite actors in democratic transition. What roles the actors played, their motivations and arena of action are analysed in both transitions. The two transitions are then compared in order to find similarities and differences between them.
The second part of this essay discusses how the role of the actors has influence the course of action taken by the Kenyan state with regards to redress for those who suffered during the colonial regime and single-party authoritarian regime respectively.
The findings are that both the path to independence and the democratic transition can be characterised as elite dominated transitions were the main actors enjoyed a position of prior inclusion in the authoritarian regime. Consequently, redress and land reform has not been carried out. (Less)
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- Olsson, Mia
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- year
- 2007
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Kenya, comparative, democracy, transition, colonialism, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- English
- id
- 1321485
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abstract = {{This essay is a comparative study the role of class actors in Kenya's independence movement and democratic transition in 2002. The concept of social class in an African context is explored in order to develop Berins Collier's theory of working class and elite actors in democratic transition. What roles the actors played, their motivations and arena of action are analysed in both transitions. The two transitions are then compared in order to find similarities and differences between them.
The second part of this essay discusses how the role of the actors has influence the course of action taken by the Kenyan state with regards to redress for those who suffered during the colonial regime and single-party authoritarian regime respectively.
The findings are that both the path to independence and the democratic transition can be characterised as elite dominated transitions were the main actors enjoyed a position of prior inclusion in the authoritarian regime. Consequently, redress and land reform has not been carried out.}},
author = {{Olsson, Mia}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Class Actors in Two Kenyan Transitions -Democracy, redress and distribution policy in a post-authoritarian state}},
year = {{2007}},
}