The studies in this volume provide extended empirical analysis of some of the issues at the heart of current social and political changes and divisions: the outcome on the ground of the long fought-over cereals reforms, the changing nature of the local development arena in the multi-party era, and the polarised relation of the churches to political liberalisation.
Contents: Markets, Civil Society and Democracy in Kenya / Peter Gibbon -- The Cereals Chain in Kenya: Actors, Reforms and Politics / Gerrishon K. Ikiara, Mohamud Jama and Justus O. Amadi -- The Changing Development Space in Kenya: Socio-Political Change and Voluntary Development Activities / Karuti Kanyinga -- Religious Institutions and Political Liberalisation in Kenya / Mutahi G Ngunyi