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  • 1
    Book
    Book
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781108488501
    Language: English
    Pages: xvi, 357 Seiten
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Klaus, Kathleen, 1985 - Political violence in Kenya
    DDC: 303.6096762
    RVK:
    Keywords: Political violence ; Land tenure Political aspects ; Elections Corrupt practices ; Ethnic conflict ; Kenia ; Grundeigentum ; Wahl ; Politischer Konflikt ; Minderheitenfrage
    Abstract: "On the evening of December 30 2007, Kenya's Electoral Commission (ECK) announced the winners of the general election. Residents in the farming community of Mauche had gathered around radios and televisions in local bars and cafés to listen to the electoral results. Community members, most of whom identified as Kalenjin, were confident that their candidate, Raila Odinga of the opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party, would win. The mood shifted quickly, however, as the incoming electoral returns pointed to a victory for incumbent Party of National Unity (PNU). ODM supporters in Mauche and elsewhere viewed the PNU win as a sign that the incumbent party had rigged the election. Anxiety and tension grew as residents watched TV images of a prominent ODM candidate, William Ruto, dragged off-stage by Kenya's military police. A young resident recounts, "When we saw this we knew the whole of the Kalenjin community had no one to champion for their rights, so the youths from the Kalenjin community proceeded to attack the Kikuyu." Another resident explains how some community members "resorted to fighting" when their candidate didn't win because "they knew the next thing was their eviction." That evening, Mauche residents crossed into the neighboring village of Likia and began torching the homes and properties of their Kikuyu neighbors."--
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA ; Port Melbourne, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781108764063
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 357 Seiten) , Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 303.6096762
    RVK:
    Keywords: Political violence ; Kenya ; Land tenure ; Political aspects ; Kenya ; Elections ; Corrupt practices ; Kenya ; Ethnic conflict ; Kenya
    Abstract: Examining a key puzzle in the study of electoral violence, this study asks how elites organize violence and why ordinary citizens participate. While existing theories of electoral violence emphasize weak institutions, ethnic cleavages, and the strategic use of violence, few specify how the political incentives of elites interact with the interests of ordinary citizens. Providing a new theory of electoral violence, Kathleen F. Klaus analyzes violence as a process of mobilization that requires coordination between elites and ordinary citizens. Drawing on fifteen months of fieldwork in Kenya, including hundreds of interviews and an original survey, Political Violence in Kenya argues that where land shapes livelihood and identity, and tenure institutions are weak, land, and narratives around land, serve as a key device around which elites and citizens coordinate the use of violence. By examining local-level variation during Kenya's 2007-8 post-election violence, Klaus demonstrates how land struggles structure the dynamics of contentious politics and violence
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    Book
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781108726467
    Language: English
    Pages: XVI, 357 Seiten , Diagramme, Karten
    DDC: 303.6096762
    Keywords: Political violence ; Land tenure Political aspects ; Elections Corrupt practices ; Ethnic conflict
    Note: Originally published: 2020 , Print on demand edition , Includes bibliographical references and index
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