The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Kenya

1. Introduction: Contemporary Kenya: Politics, Economics, Environment, and Society; Wanjala S. Nasong'o, Maurice N. Amutabi, Toyin Falola.- Part I: Independence and the Political Economy of Development.- 2. Structural Adjustment and Economic Reforms in Kenya; Urbanus Mwinzi Ndolo.- 3. Higher Education Policy and Reforms in Kenya; Michael Mwenda Kithinji.- 4. Gangs, Militias, and Vigilantes in Rural and Urban Violence in Kenya; Musambayi Katumanga.- 5. Role of Students in National Politics in Kenya; Maurice N. Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi.- 6. Kenyan Public Intellectuals and National Development Debates; Maurice N. Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi.- 7. The Matatu Industry in Nairobi; Mickie Koster.- 8. Pastoralism and the Northern Kenya Economy; Maurice N. Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi.- 9. Venture Capital and Silicon Savannah Valley in Kenya; Daniel Oigo Ogachi and Zeman Zoltan.- Part II:  Environment, Globalization, Gender, and Society.- 10. Environmental Policy and Practice in Kenya; Wanjala S. Nasong'o.- 11. Wangari Muta Maathai and the Green Belt Movement; Besi Brillian Muhonja.- 12. The Women's Movement and Gender Politics in Kenya; Damaris Parsitau and Dorothy Nyakwaka.- 13. The Youth and Socio-Economic Development in Kenya; Sellah Nasimiyu King'oro.- 14. Civil Society and the Politics of Democratization; Wanjala S. Nasong'o.- 15. The Second Republic and the Politics of Devolution; Edmond Maloba Were.- 16. Ethnicity and Political Violence in Kenya; Linnet Hamasi and Maurice N. Amutabi.- 17. Presidential Leadership Styles from Jomo to Uhuru; Eric E. Otenyo.- 18. Sport and Recreation in Kenya; W.W.S. Njororai and Peter Omondi-Ochieng.- 19. Religion and the Cultures of Kenya; Mary Nyangweso Wangila.- 20. Kiswahili in Kenya: Broken Language and Broken Promises; Ken Walibora Waliaula.- 21. Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Medicine in Kenya; Maurice N. Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi.- 22. Kenya's Security Sector: Reform in a Changing Strategic Environment; Stephen

Wanjala S. Nasong'o is Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, USA.

Maurice N. Amutabi is Professor and Director of the Center for Science and Technology Studies at the Technical University of Kenya.



Toyin Falola is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is an honorary professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Extraordinary Professor of Human Rights at the University of the Free State, South Africa.