Browsing Department of Political Science by Issue Date
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Reaching youth with the peace message
(Dr. Gerald J. Wanjohi, 1995)The youth in the world and particularly in Africa, are seen to be the most active in the different wars of our times. In Rwanda, images of young people were anstantly featured on our T. V screens, canying guns and executing ... -
The Colonial Transformation of Agriculture in Siaya 1894–1945
(PhD, Kenyatta University, 2001)This study focuses on agricultural change in Siaya between 1894 and 1945. The study contends that the people of Siaya had an efficient, self-sustaining and dynamic agricultural system prior to the advent of and establishment ... -
Performance of women-owned enterprises in Mumias town
(Nairobi university, 2003)This study examines how socio-economic characteristics affect the performance of women owned enterprises in Mumias town. This study builds upon the premise that differences in socio- economic characteristics affects ... -
The social and economic contributions of the united nations system in kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2003)This project examines the social and economic contributions of the UN system in Kenya since independence. The focus of the study is on the agency specific contributions towards social and economic development. These ... -
Interfacing the state and the voluntary sector for African development: Lessons from Kenya
(CODESRIA, 2006)The purpose of this paper is to examine the possibility of forging a complementary role between the state and the voluntary sector as an alternative framework for enhancing African development, given that none of these ... -
Conflict between state sovereignty and the right of intervention under the Constitutive Act of the African Union
(Maseno University, 2009)he need to redress crimes against humanity and violations of human rights has underpinned the global idea of international intervention in the domestic sphere of a state's jurisdiction in the last two decades. This article ... -
Voting without institutionalized political parties: Primaries, manifestos and the 2007 general elections in Kenya
(Society for International Development and Institute for Development Studies-University of Nairobi, 2010)This chapter discusses the impact of institutional capacity of political parties on the organization of party primaries and formulation of manifestos for the 2007 general elections in Kenya. The discussion also assesses ... -
Social and solidarity economy: Our common road towards decent work
(2011-10)This chapter aims to explain the meaning and nature of the social and solidarity economy (SSE). The SSE is all around us and refers to familiar realities for everyone in the world: we are all members of at least one ... -
Taking stock of socio-economic challenges in the Nairobi Slums
(Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2012)Kenya s post-2007 elections violence was a landmark event in the country s political history and led to the death and displacement of over thousand people. The Nairobi slums are one area that was adversely affected by the ... -
Non-tarriff barriers and the economic integration the East African community
(ZENITH International Research & Academic Foundation (ZIRAF) India, 2013)The key objective for the adoption of the East African Community (EAC) Customs Union in 2006 was to enhance the economic integration of the region through the elimination of tariffs and non-tariff barriers (NTBs). This ... -
Some positive aspects of neo-liberalism for African development: The revival of solidarity in co-operatives
(2013-01)The history of cooperative development in Africa has left a mixed conception of these organizations. Whereas some observers regard them to be neither voluntary nor members’ organizations, but extensions of the government; ... -
2 Political Leadership and Development in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania
(2013-04-01)The promise of development was taken to heart in virtually all African countries at independence. However, 50 years later, it remains unfulfilled for the majority of the people. Many analysts have attributed the lack ... -
Encyclopedia of the developing world
(Routledge, 2013-10-18)A RUSA 2007 Outstanding Reference Title The Encyclopedia of the Developing World is a comprehensive work on the historical and current status of developing countries. Containing more than 750 entries, the Encyclopedia ... -
Collective action among African smallholders: Trends and lessons for future development strategies
(Intl Food Policy Res Inst, 2014)Wanyama, Fredrick; Poulton, Colin; Markelova, Helen; Dutilly-Diane, Celine; Hendrikse, George; Bijman, Jos; Francesconi, Gian Nicola; Bernard, Tanguy; Cook, Michael; Badiane, Ousmane and Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie. 2014. ... -
Ethnicity and/or Issues: The 2013 General Elections in Western Kenya
(Elections Institute of South Africa, 2014)It is often assumed that Kenyans vote on the basis of ethnic identification rather than the socio-economic and political issues affecting their lives. However, experience from earlier elections shows that issues and interests ...
