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Regime Threats and State Solutions
Bureaucratic Loyalty and Embeddedness in Kenya
Seiten
2020
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-49085-6 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-49085-6 (ISBN)
Focusing on Kenya since independence, Hassan shows how leaders politicize the management of state institutions to induce bureaucratic behavior that furthers their political goals. This nuanced analysis will interest political scientists and scholars studying African politics, state bureaucracy, and political violence.
The administrative state is a powerful tool because it can control the population and, in moments of crisis, help leaders put down popular threats to their rule. But a state does not act; bureaucrats work through the state to carry out a leader's demands. In turn, leaders attempt to use their authority over the state to manage bureaucrats in a way that induces bureaucratic behavior that furthers their policy and political goals. Focusing on Kenya since independence, Hassan weaves together micro-level personnel data, rich archival records, and interviews to show how the country's different leaders have strategically managed, and in effect weaponized, the public sector. This nuanced analysis shows how even states categorized as weak have proven capable of helping their leader stay in power. With engaging evidence and compelling theory, Regime Threats and State Solutions will interest political scientists and scholars studying authoritarian regimes, African politics, state bureaucracy, and political violence.
The administrative state is a powerful tool because it can control the population and, in moments of crisis, help leaders put down popular threats to their rule. But a state does not act; bureaucrats work through the state to carry out a leader's demands. In turn, leaders attempt to use their authority over the state to manage bureaucrats in a way that induces bureaucratic behavior that furthers their policy and political goals. Focusing on Kenya since independence, Hassan weaves together micro-level personnel data, rich archival records, and interviews to show how the country's different leaders have strategically managed, and in effect weaponized, the public sector. This nuanced analysis shows how even states categorized as weak have proven capable of helping their leader stay in power. With engaging evidence and compelling theory, Regime Threats and State Solutions will interest political scientists and scholars studying authoritarian regimes, African politics, state bureaucracy, and political violence.
Mai Hassan is Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Michigan, An Arbor.
1. Bringing bureaucrats in; 2. Managing the state; 3. The origins of the Kenyan state; 4. Elite incorporation and the diversity of the state; 5. The provincial administration under President Kenyatta; 6. The provincial administration during President Moi's autocratic years; 7. Moi, the provincial administration, and multi-party elections; 8. Kibaki and the provincial administration; 9. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Erscheinungsdatum | 26.03.2020 |
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Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics |
Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises; 22 Tables, black and white; 3 Maps; 1 Halftones, black and white; 15 Line drawings, black and white |
Verlagsort | Cambridge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 157 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 550 g |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften | |
ISBN-10 | 1-108-49085-9 / 1108490859 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-49085-6 / 9781108490856 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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