
The Shadow of Kenyan Democracy
Widespread Expectations of Widespread Corruption
- 166 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Why has democracy failed to reduce corruption in Kenya? Framing the challenge in game theoretical terms, Dominic Burbidge examines how mutual expectations between citizens dictate the success or failure of political reforms. Since 1992, Kenya has conducted multiparty elections with the hope of promoting accountability and transparency in government. This is being undermined by ongoing corruption and an increasingly centralised state response to terrorism. Providing a nuanced assessment of democracy's difficult road in Kenya, Burbidge discusses the independent role being played by widespread social expectations of corruption. Through tracking average views of the average person, it is possible to identify a threshold beyond which society suffers mutually reinforcing negative social expectations. This trend is the shadow of Kenyan democracy, and must be treated as a policy challenge on its own terms before institutional reforms will be successful.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Prologue
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Democracy and Kenya
- Chapter 3 Corruption and Statehood under Multipartyism
- Chapter 4 Explaining the Shadow of Kenyan Democracy
- Chapter 5 The Hidden Role of Interpersonal Trust
- Chapter 6 No Shadow Exists Without a Light
- Bibliography
- Index