Kenya and Governance Assessments
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Nairobi - Population:
40046566 - Size:
582650.0 Km2
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- An empirical analysis of African political party manifestos
- S. Elischer (ed) / German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 2010
- The third wave of democratisation in sub-Saharan Africa has led to a new interest in African political parties and their role in democratic consolidation. However few, if any, studies systematically compare political party manifestos....
- Are Kenyan citizens able to participate in local governance?
- W. Mitullah (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2010
- Local governance has been glorified as a panacea for development because it is embedded in the decentralization debates, policies and programs across the African continent. However, many citizens are dissatisfied with the performance ...
- The ethnic factor in Kenyan electoral choices
- M. Bratton (ed); M. Kimenyi (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2008
- The introduction of multiparty politics to Kenya in 1991 led to the population splintering along ethnic groupings. The first multiparty election in 1992 therefore rotated around ethnic alignments as were the 1997 general elections. Bu...
- Do personalism and clientelism structure voting behavior in Africa?
- D. Young (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2009
- African politics is commonly characterized as clientelistic, having evolved from the concept of “neo-patrimonalism,” in the post-colonial authoritarian era. Neo-patrimonalism is a system where politicians are given jobs in...
- Kenya and vote-buying: analysing the effects
- E. Kramon / Afrobarometer, 2009
- Vote-buying has and continues to be pervasive in many electoral regimes. Yet the relationship between vote-buying and citizen behavior, particularly in the context of the secret ballot, remains largely unknown. In this paper the autho...
- Kenya: civilian assessment of the coalition government
- A. Oloo / Afrobarometer, 2010
- The briefing paper seeks to evaluate the performance of the coalition government in Kenya since its inception in 2007. Moreover, relying on a survey conducted in 2008, the paper demonstrates the public views about the coalition. ...
- Practical experiences of social accountability in Africa
- O. Shisana; M. Claasen (ed); C.A. Lardies (ed) / Affiliated Network for Social Accountability, 2010
- There are numerous examples of how citizens and civil society groups hold their government, private sector actors and donors accountable. However, these initiatives are often not known beyond the borders of the state or country where ...
- Threats to internet freedom
- K.D. Karlekar; S.G. Cook / Freedom House, 2009
- The study evaluates the level of internet and mobile phone freedom experienced by average users and activists in a sample of 15 countries across 6 regions. It is based on a newly developed set of 19 indicators. The index ad...
- How can the international community better assist the democratic process in Kenya?
- J. Zeeuw / Fride, 2010
- In early 2008 Kenya was almost on the brink of an all-out civil war after the outcome of a heavily disputed presidential election led to largescale violence between the country’s main ethnic groups. During eight weeks of bo...
- Lack of constitutionalism hits African governance
- Y. T u r i a n s k y i / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009
- This paper analyses the discussion and recommendations about Africa's pressing political governance issues - including the separation of powers, election management and corruption - from the APRM reports of Ghana, Rwanda, Kenya, South...
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