Kathleen Klaus

Political Violence in Kenya (eBook, PDF)

Land, Elections, and Claim-Making

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Produktbeschreibung

Examining a key puzzle in the study of electoral violence, this study asks how elites organize violence and why ordinary citizens participate. While existing theories of electoral violence emphasize weak institutions, ethnic cleavages, and the strategic use of violence, few specify how the political incentives of elites interact with the interests of ordinary citizens. Providing a new theory of electoral violence, Kathleen F. Klaus analyzes violence as a process of mobilization that requires coordination between elites and ordinary citizens. Drawing on fifteen months of fieldwork in Kenya, including hundreds of interviews and an original survey, Political Violence in Kenya argues that where land shapes livelihood and identity, and tenure institutions are weak, land, and narratives around land, serve as a key device around which elites and citizens coordinate the use of violence. By examining local-level variation during Kenya's 2007-8 post-election violence, Klaus demonstrates how land struggles structure the dynamics of contentious politics and violence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108800280
• Artikelnr.: 66180978

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.