"Peace and Order are in the Interest of Every Citizen": Elections, Violence and State Legitimacy in Kenya, 1957-74

The campaign against the Shifta separatists of northern Kenya involved so much extra-legal violence that an extraordinary law was passed indemnifying police, soldiers, and administrators against responsibility for their actions-in direct imitation of the 1955 double amnesty which had offered similar...

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Published in:	The International journal of African historical studies Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 99 - 116
Main Author:	Willis, Justin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Boston University African Studies Center 01.01.2015 Boston University
Subjects:	Administrators Armed forces Assassinations & assassination attempts Campaigns Civil service Coercion Elections Enactment Imitation Kenya Legitimacy Mau Mau Military personnel Murders & murder attempts Peace Police Political behavior Political power Politics Rebellions Separatism Soldiers State elections State-society relations Violence Kenya
ISSN:	0361-7882, 2326-3016
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