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Title:Urban Violence in Kenya's Transition to Pluralist Politics, 1982-1992
Author:Murunga, Godwin Rapando
Year:1999
Periodical:Africa Development: A Quarterly Journal of CODESRIA (ISSN 0850-3907)
Volume:24
Issue:1-2
Pages:165-198
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:Kenya
East Africa
Subjects:violence
urban society
democracy
Law, Human Rights and Violence
Urbanization and Migration
Politics and Government
History and Exploration
politics
Political pluralism
urban areas
class struggle
governance
Economic reform
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/24484542
Abstract:This article examines urban conflict in Kenya in the context of the country's transition to pluralist politics between 1982 and 1992. It explores the causes of urban violence and its impact on democratization, using case illustrations from Nairobi, Nakuru and Kisumu. It argues that two factors in particular contributed to urban violence: the changing nature of the State and increasing political repression on the one hand, and the enforcement of structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) and their impact on the other. In particular, the stalemate between the government's anti-reform stance and the opposing pro-reform groups led to increasing tensions in the urban areas. Furthermore, the Kenya Police and various criminal elements encouraged violent confrontation. Bibliogr., sum. in French.
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