
Kenya
The Quest For Prosperity, Second Edition
Routledge (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 31. July 2019
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-367-31991-5 (ISBN)
Description
Kenya is one of Africa's most important and controversial nations. It has simultaneously been heralded for its political stability and economic success and criticized as a wellspring of elitism and class exploitation. Kenya remains a close ally of the West and a symbol of capitalism in Africa, and it occupies a position of strategic importance to t
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
549 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-31991-5 (9780367319915)
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Persons
Norman Miller is professor at Dartmouth College and president of the African-Caribbean Institute. He has published extensively in the fields of African environment, health, and politics and currently serves as editor of the international research and policy bulletin AIDS and Society. He has taught at the University of Nairobi and has lived and w orked in East Africa for long periods since 1960. Rodger Yeager is professor of political science, adjunct professor of Afri>can history, and director of international studies at West Virginia University. His current research is focused on public-policy problems of natural resource conservation, rural development, and demographic change in eastern and southern Africa.
Content
Preface -- Introduction -- The Colonial Legacy -- Independence: The Kenyatta Era -- Ecology and Society in Modern Kenya -- Modern Politics: The Moi Era -- Modern Economic Realities -- The International Dimension -- Kenya at the Crossroads of Development