TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mutua, Makau.
TI  - Kenya's quest for democracy: taming leviathan
SN  - 9781588265906
U1  - 320.967MUT 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Boulder
PB  - L. Rienner Publishers
KW  - Constitutional history--Kenya
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Tracing the trajectory of postcolonial politics, Makau Mutua maps the political forces that have shaped contemporary Kenya. He also critically explores efforts on the part of both civil society and the political opposition to reform the state. Analyzing the tortuous efforts since independence to create a sustainable, democratic state, he uses the struggle over constitutional reform as a window for understanding the larger struggles confronting Kenyan society. Mutua uses the struggle over constitutional reform as a window through which to understand the larger struggles confronting Kenyan society
ER  -