A “weak” state has limits on how much power it has to prey on the private sector (compare that to Ethiopia where the State, ruling party and military corporations dominate the economy). Secondly, Kenya’s “weak” state means that it is easier to negotiate claims against it and to extract concessions too. Because it is not inflexible and you can get something from it, the country has had relative stability “without any sustained long-time violent conflict” and avoided the mass appeal of radical politics. So the present problems of terrorism, by this logic, are an anomaly.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 19:37:47 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015