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Political Violence in Kenya - Land, Elections, and Claim-Making (Hardcover)
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Political Violence in Kenya - Land, Elections, and Claim-Making (Hardcover)
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Examining a key puzzle in the study of electoral violence, this
study asks how elites organize violence and why ordinary citizens
participate. While existing theories of electoral violence
emphasize weak institutions, ethnic cleavages, and the strategic
use of violence, few specify how the political incentives of elites
interact with the interests of ordinary citizens. Providing a new
theory of electoral violence, Kathleen F. Klaus analyzes violence
as a process of mobilization that requires coordination between
elites and ordinary citizens. Drawing on fifteen months of
fieldwork in Kenya, including hundreds of interviews and an
original survey, Political Violence in Kenya argues that where land
shapes livelihood and identity, and tenure institutions are weak,
land, and narratives around land, serve as a key device around
which elites and citizens coordinate the use of violence. By
examining local-level variation during Kenya's 2007-8 post-election
violence, Klaus demonstrates how land struggles structure the
dynamics of contentious politics and violence.
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