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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Class Formation and Social Conflict: A Case Study of Kenya |
Author: | Rana, Kipkorir A.A. |
Year: | 1977 |
Periodical: | Ufahamu |
Volume: | 7 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 17-72 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Kenya |
Subjects: | class formation Ethnic and Race Relations Miscellaneous (i.e. Demography, Refugees, Sports) |
Abstract: | This paper purposes the usefulness of analysing class formation and intra-class conflict by a historical study of a less developed social formation. Such a perspective can provide a basis for a more vigorous analysis of fundamental problems such as imperialism, the nature of social conflict, ethnic rivalries, and whether the impact of particular ruling class alliances in the state is characteristically repressive, hegemonic or both. The framework is developed in the course of a critical analysis of some of the recent literature. Sections of the paper: Introduction - Background to independent Kenya - The consolidation of the comprador bourgeoisie - The neutralization of the proletariat - The demise of the Parliament - The State apparatus of force - The banning of the opposition: KPU - Class formation: the politics of transition - Personalities and politics - Ethnicity and class - Class alliances and political repression. Ref. |