Kathleen KlausPolitical Violence in Kenya
Land, Elections, and Claim-Making
Kathleen F. Klaus is Assistant Professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco where she specializes in African politics, political violence, land rights, and forced migration. Her dissertation won the APSA Best Field Work Award in (2016). She has received research funding from the Social Science Research Council, Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the United States Institute for Peace, and the National Science Foundation, among others.
1. Introduction
Part I. Determinants of Contentious Land Narratives: 2. A theory of land and electoral violence
3 Historical origins of electoral violence
4. Land inequality and land narratives: theory and evidence
5. Narrative formation in the Central Rift Valley
Part II. Determinants of Election Violence: 6. Contentious land narratives and the escalation of violence
7. A puzzle of non-escalation? Contentious land narratives and stability on Kenya's coast
Part III. Consequences of Electoral Violence: 8. Individual-level causes and effects of election violence
9. Conclusion.
