The Oxford Handbook of Kenyan Politics

Nic Cheeseman, Professor of Democracy and International Development, University of Birmingham,Karuti Kanyinga, Professor of Development Studies, University of Nairobi,Gabrielle Lynch, Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Warwick

Nic Cheeseman is Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham and the former Director of the African Studies Centre, Oxford University. He mainly works on democracy, elections, and development and has conducted fieldwork in a range of African countries. His articles have won a number of prizes including the GIGA award for the best article in Comparative Area Studies (2013) and the Frank Cass Award for the best article in Democratization (2015). He is also the author or editor of ten books. He is the founding editor of the Oxford Encyclopaedia of African Politics, and an advisor and writer for Kofi Annan's African Progress Panel. In recognition of this academic and public contribution, the Political Studies Association of the UK awarded him the prestigious Joni Lovenduski Prize for outstanding professional achievement by a midcareer scholar in 2019. His analysis has appeared in the Economist, Le Monde, NY Times, BBC, amongst others. He writes a regular column for the Mail & Guardian.


Gabrielle Lynch is Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Warwick. Her research on Kenya has focused on ethnic identity and politics, elections and democratisation, and transitional justice. She is the author or co-editor of several books and more than 30 articles and book chapters. She is deputy chair of the Review of African Political Economy editorial working group, a member of Democratization's editorial board and Vice-President/Research of the British Institute of Eastern Africa. Gabrielle wrote a twice monthly column for the Saturday Nation (the Saturday edition of Kenya's leading national newspaper) from April 2014 to March 2018 when she stood down alongside 7 other independent columnists in protest at "the loss of editorial independence and media freedom" at the Nation Media Group. From November 2015 to January 2017 she also wrote a twice monthly column for The East African (the main regional newspaper).


Karuti Kanyinga is Research Professor of Development Studies, University of Nairobi where he is the current Director of the Institute for Development Studies (IDS), and serves in the Board of Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR). He has published extensively and is renowned for his contributions to scholarship and knowledge on governance and development in Kenya and Africa in general. He has written extensively on ethnicity and inequality; civil society and development, politics of land rights, and political change. In addition to contribution to scholarship, Karuti served as an advisor to the Kofi Annan Panel of Eminent African Personalities where he advised on monitoring the Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation Process (KNDR). He is a frequent commentator on governance and political development in Kenya and Africa in general. He wrote a regular column in Kenya's largest-circulation newspaper, Sunday Nation, and continues to make commentaries on major events.

Dennis Aiko is a PhD candidate at the University of Nairobi's School of Business.
David M. Anderson is Professor of African History at the University of Warwick.
Patrick O. Asingo is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Nairobi, Kenya.
Jennifer N. Brass is an Associate Professor at Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
Dominic Burbidge is a Research Director in the University of Oxford.
Nic Cheeseman is the Professor of Democracy at the University of Birmingham.
Michael Chege is a lecturer on the political economy of African development at the University of Nairobi.
Ngala Chome is a doctoral candidate at the History Department of Durham University.
Michelle D'Arcy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Trinity College Dublin.
Gregory Deacon (independent) was a British Academy postdoctoral research fellow in African Studies at the University of Oxford.
Alex Dyzenhaus is a PhD student in Government at Cornell University.
Meghan Ference is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
Denis Galava is a Kenyan journalist and PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh.
Yash Ghai is Director of the Katiba Institute.
Abdullahi Boru Halakhe is Senior Officer at the International Programs Policy and Advocacy - Africa with the International Rescue Committee.
John W. Harbeson is Professor Emeritus at The City College of New York.
Mai Hassan is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan.
Sini Hassinen is a doctoral researcher in political science and African studies at The University of Birmingham.
Angelique Haugerud is Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University.
Frank Holmquist is Professor of Politics, Emeritus, Hampshire College.
Irina Ichim is an independent researcher and holds a PhD in Politics from the University of York.
Sarah Jenkins is a Lecturer in Politics and International Development at the University of East Anglia. .
Peris S. Jones is Professor of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo.
Karuti Kanyinga is Research Professor of Development Studies at the University of Nairobi.
Musambayi Katumanga is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Nairobi.
Jane N.O. Khayesi is an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Sustainability Management School in Switzerland.
Hassan H. Kochore is a doctoral candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Germany.
James D. Long is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington.
John Lonsdale is Emeritus Professor of modern African history at the University of Cambridge.
Geoffrey Lugano holds a PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick, and is a Lecturer of Political Science at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya.
Gabrielle Lynch is a Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Warwick.
Dillon J. Mahoney is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Florida.
Samuel M. Makinda is Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia.
Ambreena Manji is Professor of Land Law and Development at Cardiff University.
Winnie V. Mitullah is an Associate Research Professor of Development Studies at the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi.
Susanne D. Mueller is a Visiting Researcher at Boston University's African Studies Center.
Raymond Muhula is a Senior Public Sector Specialist with the World Bank.
Bitange Ndemo is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Nairobi's School of Business.
Mumo Nzau is a Fulbright Scholar and Lecturer at the University of Nairobi.
Jimmy O. Ochieng is a graduate student at the University of Nairobi.
Collins Odote is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Nairobi.
Adams Oloo is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Nairobi.
Ken Ochieng' Opalo is Assistant Professor at Georgetown University.
Michelle Osborn is Dean of Minerva Programs and Class Dean at Union College, Schenectady, New York.
Walter O. Oyugi is a retired Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Nairobi.
Derek R. Peterson is Professor of History and African Studies at the University of Michigan.
Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University Paris 1 - Pantheon Sorbonne.
Thomas Raji is a graduate student of the University of Nairobi.
Jacob Rasmussen is Associate Professor in International Development Studies, Roskilde University, Denmark.
David W. Throup teaches at The Johns Hopkins University's Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and at The George Washington University.
Edoardo Totolo is a consultant for the World Bank's Responsible Financial Access team.
Radha Upadhyaya is a research fellow at the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi.
Naomi van Stapele is Assistant Professor Urban Governance and Development Policy at the International Institute of Social Studies.
Hannah Waddilove has a PhD entitled 'The Power and Politics of Devolution in Kenya, 2013-17, and is an honorary research fellow at the University of Warwick.
Njoki Wamai is an Assistant Professor in International Relations at the United States International University-Africa (USIU-A) based in Nairobi.
Fredrick O. Wanyama is an associate professor of political science at Maseno University and deputy vice-chancellor, academic and student affairs, at Kisii University, Kenya.
L. Muthoni Wanyeki is a Kenyan political scientist and current Africa Director at the Open Society Foundations.
Thomas P. Wolf first came to Kenya as a US Peace Corps secondary school teacher in 1967, and has been engaged in survey (as well as other) research in Kenya since 2003.

"Students and researchers looking for insight into the politics of Kenya will find this tome valuable. All interested libraries should acquire it." -- J. R. Kenyon, CHOICE