TY  - GEN
T1  - The rise of a party-state in Kenya : from "Harambee" to "Nyayo!"
A1  - Widner, Jennifer A.
LA  - English
PP  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California
YR  - 1992
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm45729223
AB  - Although Kenya is often considered an African success story, its political climate became increasingly repressive under its second president, Daniel arap Moi. Widner charts the transformation of the Kenya African National Union (KANU) from a weak, loosely organized political party under Jomo Kenyatta into an arm of the president's office, with "watchdog" youth wings and strong surveillance and control functions, under Moi. She suggests that single-party systems have an inherent tendency to become "party-states," or single-party regimes in which the head of state uses the party as a means of control. The speed and extent of these changes depend on the countervailing power of independent interest groups, such as business associations, farmers, or professionals. Widner's study offers important insights into the dynamics of party systems in Africa.
OP  - 283
CN  - DT433.584 .W53 1992eb
SN  - 9780520911857
SN  - 0520911857
SN  - 0585274797
SN  - 9780585274799
SN  - 9780520076242
SN  - 0520076249
KW  - Kenya African National Union.
KW  - Kenya African National Union
KW  - Kenya : Politics and government : 1978-2002.
KW  - Kenya
KW  - Kenya : Politique et gouvernement : 1978-2002.
KW  - HISTORY.
KW  - HISTORY / Africa / General
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Politieke partijen.
KW  - Kenia.
KW  - 1978-2002
KW  - 20th century african history.
KW  - 20th century kenyan history.
KW  - autocrat.
KW  - corruption.
KW  - daniel arap moi.
KW  - dictator.
KW  - governmental control.
KW  - head of state.
KW  - human rights abuses.
KW  - human rights.
KW  - jomo kenyatta.
KW  - kadu.
KW  - kanu.
KW  - kenya african national union.
KW  - kenya.
KW  - kenyan african democratic union.
KW  - kenyan history.
KW  - kenyan politics.
KW  - party states.
KW  - political climate.
KW  - president of kenya.
KW  - regimes.
KW  - repressive government.
KW  - single party system.
KW  - surveillance.
KW  - watchdog.
ER  -