Government and Politics in Kenya: A Nation-Building Text is a comprehensive work on the process of political development and state formation in Kenya in the post-colonial era. Edited by C. J. Gertzel, Maure Goldschmidt, and Don Rothchild, this book contains a multidisciplinary study of government structures, political dynamics, the relationship between elites and the masses, and the challenges …
Built on declared principles of partnership and respect for sovereignty, and successful in gaining legitimacy in the international community, the new model seems to offer a legitimate way to engage in state-building intervention. The book mounts a critique of these claims, showing how international legitimacy does not automatically translate into political legitimacy among those in the affected…