Bøger af Gedion Onyango

This book analyses major themes in twenty-first-century east African politics. Predominantly authored by researchers and academics from the region, it examines recent political developments, public policy and governance across east and southern African countries. The book advocates for a regionally-focused comparative approach across Africa, arguing that it provides a greater level of analysis than a complete continental study. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, it covers numerous topics relating to politics, public policy, state and nation-building in Africa. Filling an important void in current literature, the book will appeal to academics, practitioners, politicians and students of politics, public policy and governance.Chapter 16 and 20 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

The phenomenon of corruption is an everyday practice in the rural Kenya. However, corruption as a practice seems to suffer from two setbacks that inhibit efforts towards its reduction at the grassroots: Firstly, low scale corruption is more practiced, talked about and ¿normal¿ than it is actually documented in the public sector or captured in the media reports. Secondly, grand cases of corruption have tended to overshadow the focus on the widespread low scale corruption that directly affects the common citizen across the country. Thus, the existing scientific information on how corruption is perceived, practiced and how such practices are covered up by actors is still below our expectations. This book addresses these issues. It presents rare data in corruption research by describing how low scale corruption is organized in the local government/low level public sector. It shows how public officials and members of the public engage in the acts seen as corrupt, and discusses the contribution of each group ¿ the mutual practice of corruption ¿ in the sustenance of corrupt practices in the public sector. This book is part of the efforts to reduce corruption in the Kenyan public sector