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Liberal Democracy and Multiethnic States: A Case Study of Ethnic Politics in Kenya

Poff, Erica M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1212765308

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2008, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Political Science (Arts and Sciences).
The objective of this study is to determine whether or not a liberal form of democracy is appropriate for multiethnic nations, using Kenya's experience with ethnicity and politics as a case study. This thesis assesses contemporary theories of liberal ideology and ethnic pluralism in political science and analyzes the effects of identity and liberal state-building in the context of liberal democracy in Kenya. Although the conclusion drawn from this study ultimately sides with liberal critics on the incompatibility of a liberal form of democracy for multiethnic state, this study proposes that liberal criticisms do not fully illustrate the connections between theory and state- and nation-building that can provide for a fuller explain of the tension between liberalism and ethnic pluralism. As such, this study proposes a more encompassing argument against liberalism that incorporates political theories of liberalism and the effects of constitutive ethnic identity in democratic state-building.
Julie A. White, PhD (Advisor)
Haley Duschinski, PhD (Committee Member)
Thomas Smucker, PhD (Committee Member)
Edna Wangui, PhD (Committee Member)
121 p.
Political Science
liberal democracy; ethnicity; Kenya

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  • Poff, E. M. (2008). Liberal Democracy and Multiethnic States: A Case Study of Ethnic Politics in Kenya [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1212765308

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Poff, Erica. Liberal Democracy and Multiethnic States: A Case Study of Ethnic Politics in Kenya. 2008. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1212765308.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Poff, Erica. "Liberal Democracy and Multiethnic States: A Case Study of Ethnic Politics in Kenya." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1212765308

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