{"id":602,"date":"2022-05-30T12:48:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T09:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twawezacommunications.org\/home\/?post_type=product&p=602"},"modified":"2022-05-30T12:49:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T09:49:01","slug":"kenyas-pastas-prologue","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.twawezacommunications.org\/home\/shop\/kenyas-pastas-prologue\/","title":{"rendered":"KENYA’S PAST AS PROLOGUE"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the run-up to Kenya\u2019s 2013 general elections, crucial political and civic questions were raised. Could past mistakes, especially political and ethnic-related violence, be avoided this time round? Would the spectre of the 2007 post-electoral violence positively or negatively affect debates and voting? How would politicians, electoral bodies such as the IEBC, the Kenyan civil society, and the international community weigh in on the elections? More generally, would the 2013 elections bear witness to the building up of an electoral culture in Kenya, characterized by free and fair elections, or would it show that voting is still weakened by political malpractices, partisan opinions and emotional reactions? Would Kenya\u2019s past be inescapable or would it prepare the scene for a new political order? <\/span><\/p>\n

Kenya\u2019s Past as Prologue <\/span><\/strong>adopts a multidisciplinary perspective \u2013 mainly built upon field-based ethnography and a selection of case studies \u2013 to answer these questions. Under the leadership of the French Institute for Research in Africa (Institut franc\u0327ais de recherche en Afrique, IFRA), political scientists, historians and anthropologists explore various aspects of the electoral process to contribute in-depth analyses of the last elections. They highlight the structural factors underlying election and voting in Kenya including the political system, culture and political transition. They also interrogate the short-term trends and issues that influence the new political order. The book provides insight into specific case studies, situations and contexts, thus bringing nuances and diversity into focus to better assess Kenya\u2019s evolving electoral democracy.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>CONTENTS:<\/strong> <\/span>\u2022 Does history repeat itself? \u2022 Elections and violence \u2022 International observation and monitoring \u2022 The ICC and Pentecostalism \u2022 The IEBC and the Supreme Court \u2022 Voting among the middle-class \u2022 Voters\u2019 Apathy in the Mau forest \u2022 Kikuyu-Kalenjin relations in IDPs camps \u2022 Luo women voters and aspirants \u2022 Negotiated democracy in Kisii county \u2022 Odingaism and ODM \u2022 The politics of the spirit in election times \u2022 Strengthening citizens\u2019 oversight \u2022 Voting on the Kenyan coast \u2022 What do opinion polls reflect?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Voters, Violence and the 2013 General Election.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":603,"template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[13],"product_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twawezacommunications.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/602"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twawezacommunications.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twawezacommunications.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twawezacommunications.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twawezacommunications.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twawezacommunications.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=602"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twawezacommunications.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}