The Nature of Kenyan Political Stability
Author
Asaka, Yuki
Term
4. term
Publication year
2008
Pages
77
Abstract
This thesis explores how Kenya can be described as politically stable even though it has experienced many riots and a coup. To address this question, it analyzes the political violence that followed the 2007 election. It clarifies what “stability” means in this context and what the 2007 events reveal about Kenya’s political order and the tensions within it. The goal is to explain how episodes of violence can coexist with longer-term continuity in government and institutions.
Specialet undersøger, hvordan Kenya kan betegnes som politisk stabilt, selv om landet har oplevet mange uroligheder og et kup. For at belyse dette analyserer specialet den politiske vold efter valget i 2007. Det forklarer, hvad der menes med "stabilitet" i denne sammenhæng, og hvad begivenhederne i 2007 kan fortælle om Kenyas politiske orden og de spændinger, der findes i den. Målet er at gøre det tydeligt, hvordan voldelige udbrud kan eksistere side om side med længerevarende kontinuitet i styre og institutioner.
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