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Politics in Kenya: The Development of Peasant Society

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The central question which this article attempts to raise is how we should understand the social structure that is emerging from the neo-colonial pattern of change in Africa, and what implications it has for politics. In its simplest form, the question is how far a stratification system is developing which is likely to make for class formation, class consciousness, and a politics of class struggle; or how far stratification can be contained within a predominantly peasant society, expressed politically in patron-client relationships.

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  • Leys, Colin, 1971. "Politics in Kenya: The Development of Peasant Society," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 1(3), pages 307-337, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:1:y:1971:i:03:p:307-337_00
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    1. Agriculture and Trade Analysis Division, 1989. "Agricultural Policy, Trade, Economic Growth, And Development," Staff Reports 278196, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Geoff Lamb, 1977. "The Neocolonial Integration of Kenyan Peasants," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 8(1), pages 45-59, January.

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