Kenya

The Quest For Prosperity, Second Edition

AvNorman Miller,Rodger Yeager

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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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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Utgivningsdatum:2019-07-31
Mått:152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt:453 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780367319915

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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.

Innehållsförteckning

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