2014/05/04 by Susanne D. Mueller · 1 citation
Psychology · Social Sciences · #African history and culture analysis #Colonialism #Culture, Economy, and Development Studies #Democracy #Development economics #Dominance (genetics) #Economic growth #Economics #Ethnic group #Law #Opposition (politics) #Political Conflict and Governance #Political change #Political economy #Political science #Politics #Psychological resilience #Psychology #Social psychology #Sociology #Status quo
paper · doi:10.1080/00083968.2014.971835
openalex publication_date 2014/05/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The article discusses government and opposition in Kenya over the last 100 years. Major democratic changes have occurred, but legacies from the colonial period and Kenya's one-party state endure. Pushback efforts to perpetuate the status quo continue. Subverting formal legal changes, using violence, and polarizing ethnicity are among the means used to consolidate the past. The focus is on the interplay between stasis and change, using comparative political economy theories and similar examples from other times and places. The analysis highlights the resilience of the past and historic barriers to change, thereby raising broader questions and issues that are not well understood.