Gender, ethnicity, and violence in Kenya's transitions to democracy : states of violence

Gender, ethnicity, and violence in Kenya's transitions to democracy : states of violence / Lyn Ossome.

"This book examines gendered violence in the context of multiparty politics in Kenya, placing it in the historical context of colonial rule and its legacies of the ethnicization of both state and society. It offers an extensive account of the ways liberal democratic politics have produced viole...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ossome, Lyn (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
Series:Critical African studies in gender and sexuality.
Subjects:
Since 1978
Political violence > Kenya > History.
Women > Violence against > Kenya > History.
Women > Political activity > Kenya > History.
Democratization > Kenya.
Political parties > Kenya.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Democratization
Political parties
Political violence
Politics and government
Women > Political activity
Women > Violence against
Kenya > Politics and government > 1978-2002.
Kenya > Politics and government > 2002-
Kenya
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Violent challenges to democracy
  • Women's agency in transition : from colonialism to independence
  • Gendered and violent exclusions in Kenya's multiparty electoral politics (1989-2008)
  • Religious movements and gendered violence in the multiparty era
  • Women's organizations and multiparty politics in Kenya (1989-2008)
  • Conclusion.

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