Youth And Peaceful Elections In Kenya
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Youth And Peaceful Elections In Kenya
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Author : Kimani Njogu
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2013
Youth And Peaceful Elections In Kenya written by Kimani Njogu and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Political Science categories.
Elections provide a tremendous opportunity for national transformation and the pursuit of democratic practice. They can be a moment of national renewal. However, in most of Africa elections are often characterized by violent conflict as politicians seek to capture or maintain power through ethnic mobilization, propaganda and misrepresentation. Considering opportunities offered by information technology especially mobile phones and the discovery of extensive natural resources, Africa has an opportunity to significantly change the lives of ordinary citizens. But this transformation requires that youth are fully 'present' in the political, economic, social and cultural arenas. They will need to marshal their energies and stay focused on the things that are important for the continent of Africa. In the case of Kenya, youth should not wait to be invited to take up political leadership. Instead, they will need to invite themselves to the table and take advantage of the opportunity provided in Constitution and demand accountability and transparency in the conduct of national affairs. This book is part of ongoing work at Twaweza Communications in the pursuit of democracy, peace and justice. Themes covered include youth and leadership; elections and peace; youth as peace makers; family and global values among other topics.
Who Is Guilty
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Who Is Guilty written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Election monitoring categories.
Amani Haki Yetu
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Author : Adam Hummel
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2012-04
Amani Haki Yetu written by Adam Hummel and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04 with Political Science categories.
On December 30, 2007, President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of Kenya's presidential election. Within minutes of this declaration, rioting erupted across Kenya, from the coast of the Indian Ocean to the banks of Lake Victoria. These riots lasted two months, claiming the lives of nearly 1500 Kenyans, and leaving more than half a million internally displaced. Hostility to this extent, not seen in Kenya's modern history, illustrated the divisive nature of Kenya's tribalism, and left an entire generation questioning whether Kenya would once again become one of Africa's most peaceful nations. Realizing the role they had in ensuring a peaceful future, Kenya's youths, who comprise a majority of the population, began to lead, and grassroots organizations soon began to materialize throughout Kenya's countryside. This book details the efforts made by one such group of Kenyan youths who, together with a young Canadian, came together with the goal of helping to build a sustainable peace in Kenya. It details the background to Kenya's 2008 post-election violence, the early efforts leading to the formation of the Youth Ambassadors for Peace, and steps taken to engage both the potential and ability of those who wish to help. Through youth empowerment and the belief that diversity creates strength, these Kenyans demonstrate the power of a small group of thoughtful and dedicated individuals, united by their desire to find peace before Kenya's next elections are held in March 2013.
Kenya S Past As Prologue
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Author : Fouere, Marie-Aude
language : en
Publisher: Twaweza Communications
Release Date : 2015-06-16
Kenya S Past As Prologue written by Fouere, Marie-Aude and has been published by Twaweza Communications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-16 with Political Science categories.
During the run-up to Kenya's 2013 general elections, crucial political and civic questions were raised. Could past mistakes, especially political and ethnic-related violence, be avoided this time round? Would the spectre of the 2007 post-electoral violence positively or negatively affect debates and voting? How would politicians, electoral bodies such as the IEBC, the Kenyan civil society, and the international community weigh in on the elections? More generally, would the 2013 elections bear witness to the building up of an electoral culture in Kenya, characterized by free and fair elections, or would it show that voting is still weakened by political malpractices, partisan opinions and emotional reactions? Would Kenya's past be inescapable or would it prepare the scene for a new political order? Kenyaís Past as Prologue adopts a multidisciplinary perspective ñ mainly built upon field-based ethnography and a selection of case studies ñ to answer these questions. Under the leadership of the French Institute for Research in Africa (Institut francais de recherche en Afrique, IFRA), political scientists, historians and anthropologists explore various aspects of the electoral process to contribute in-depth analyses of the last elections. They highlight the structural factors underlying election and voting in Kenya including the political system, culture and political transition. They also interrogate the short-term trends and issues that influence the new political order. The book provides insight into specific case studies, situations and contexts, thus bringing nuances and diversity into focus to better assess Kenya's evolving electoral democracy.
Youth And Non Violence In Africa S Fragile Contexts
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Author : Akin Iwilade
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-10-22
Youth And Non Violence In Africa S Fragile Contexts written by Akin Iwilade and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-22 with Political Science categories.
This book makes an important contribution to the conflict literature and to new ways of thinking about agency and social life in fragile contexts. It does this by engaging with often ignored peace infrastructures. In this book, the contributors highlight different ways in which non-violence is deployed by Africa’s youth to navigate difficult violent contexts. Drawing on empirically grounded case studies from the Central African Republic to Zimbabwe, this book explores how similar (or indeed the same) social infrastructures can be deployed for both violence and non-violence and the important factors that drive many youth to take the non[1]violence option even when order appears to collapse around them. The authors also explore how, for instance, systems of organizing survive violent disruptions to the so-called rhythms of everyday life, and, when they do, how they are then repurposed by youth to help them survive violence.
Elections And Conflict Management In Africa
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Author : Timothy D. Sisk
language : en
Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press
Release Date : 1998
Elections And Conflict Management In Africa written by Timothy D. Sisk and has been published by US Institute of Peace Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Political Science categories.
Elections have emerged as one of the most important, and most contentious, features of political life on the African continent. In the first half of this decade, there were more than 20 national elections, serving largely as capstones of peace processes or transitions to democracies. The outcomes of these and more recent elections have been remarkably varied, and the relationship between elections and conflict management is widely debated throughout Africa and among international observers. Elections can either help reduce tensions by reconstituting legitimate government, or they can exacerbate them by further polarizing highly conflictual societies. This timely volume examines the relationship between elections, especially electoral systems, and conflict management in Africa, while also serving as an important reference for other regions. The book brings together for the first time the latest thinking on the many different roles elections can play in democratization and conflict management.
Participatory Action Research For Advancing Youth Led Peacebuilding In Kenya
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Author : Sahlim Charles Amambia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Participatory Action Research For Advancing Youth Led Peacebuilding In Kenya written by Sahlim Charles Amambia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Peace-building categories.
One-third of today’s generation of youth—those ages ten to twenty-four—live in fragile or conflicted countries and are susceptible to the sway of ideological narratives of violent extremism. Evidence suggests, however, that they also play active and valuable roles as agents of positive and constructive change. Youth from Kenya’s low-income communities can play an active and positive role in making their communities better through generating knowledge that contributes to local peacebuilding efforts.
Doing Comparative Case Studies
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Author : Frances Vavrus
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-07-07
Doing Comparative Case Studies written by Frances Vavrus and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-07 with Psychology categories.
Comparative Case Studies: New Designs and Directions extends the comparative case study methodology established by Bartlett and Vavrus and employed in many areas of social research, especially in education. This volume unites a diverse, international group of education scholars whose work exemplifies the affordances and constraints of the comparative case study (CCS) approach and offers new theoretical and empirical directions for researchers. In 11 engaging chapters, experts in comparative education, early childhood education, peace education, refugee education, special education, and teacher education discuss their use of the CCS approach to produce new ways of knowing and to address challenges of multi-scalar and multi-sited research. The first section, Conceptualizing Cases and Case Selection, emphasizes the importance of carefully selecting cases during different phases of research while continuously reflecting on how these choices influence the findings. The second section, Balancing Specificity and Generalizability, addresses the challenge of balancing the need for rich, deep data while including multiple sites. The third section, Enabling Processual Analysis across Sites and Scales, demonstrates the fit between the CCS approach and qualitative research that unfolds over time and space. Addressing the Transversal Axis, the fourth section, showcases research with a strong temporal dimension. The final section, New Directions, suggests inspiring and innovative methods. Offering rich methodological examples and provocative discussion questions, this volume will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students in education and research design courses, and to scholars and policymakers in diverse fields seeking to design studies of complex phenomena at different sites and scales.
Building Peace From Within
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Author : Maphosa, Sylvester B.
language : en
Publisher: Africa Institute of South Africa
Release Date : 2014-02-07
Building Peace From Within written by Maphosa, Sylvester B. and has been published by Africa Institute of South Africa this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-07 with Political Science categories.
This book seeks to examine how successful models of building 'peace from within' in the African context function. It draws emerging lessons to provide critical recommendations on policy, practice and academia - our primary audience. While there are numerous examples of failures of conflict resolution in Africa, shown by intractable conflict axes, less attention is paid to successes. While acknowledging the challenges that exist, this edited volume provides positive examples of building peace from within in fragile contexts through many forms of initiatives and actions at different levels: community-based (through individual and/or collective local peace initiatives), government (through ministries and/or departments), and regional (through external and/or multilateral infrastructure for peace). As a guiding principle the notion of building peace from within draws from the idea of community regeneration, which describes voluntary and peaceful activities of grassroots actors that reflect their broader interests of building peaceful communities and existence.
Violence In African Elections
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Author : Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs
language : en
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Release Date : 2018-04-15
Violence In African Elections written by Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs and has been published by Zed Books Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-15 with Political Science categories.
Multiparty elections have become the bellwether by which all democracies are judged, and the spread of these systems across Africa has been widely hailed as a sign of the continent’s progress towards stability and prosperity. But such elections bring their own challenges, particularly the often intense internecine violence following disputed results. While the consequences of such violence can be profound, undermining the legitimacy of the democratic process and in some cases plunging countries into civil war or renewed dictatorship, little is known about the causes. By mapping, analysing and comparing instances of election violence in different localities across Africa – including Kenya, Ivory Coast and Uganda – this collection of detailed case studies sheds light on the underlying dynamics and sub-national causes behind electoral conflicts, revealing them to be the result of a complex interplay between democratisation and the older, patronage-based system of ‘Big Man’ politics. Essential for scholars and policymakers across the social sciences and humanities interested in democratization, peace-keeping and peace studies, Violence in African Elections provides important insights into why some communities prove more prone to electoral violence than others, offering practical suggestions for preventing violence through improved electoral monitoring, voter education, and international assistance.