Book contents
- Playing with Fire
- Playing with Fire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Parties and Political Violence
- 2 A Theory of Party Instability and Political Violence
- 3 The Development of Divergent Parties and Party Systems in Kenya and India
- 4 Party Instability and Political Violence in Kenya
- 5 Party Fragility and Subnational Patterns of Violence in Kenya’s Rift Valley and Coast Regions
- 6 Party Stabilization, Declining Riot Violence, and New Modalities of Political Conflict in India
- 7 Party Politics and Subnational Trajectories of Riot Violence in India’s Hyderabad and Meerut Cities
- 8 Party Instability and Political Violence
- 9 Conclusion
- Book part
- References
- Datasets
- Index
5 - Party Fragility and Subnational Patterns of Violence in Kenya’s Rift Valley and Coast Regions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 October 2024
Book contents
- Playing with Fire
- Playing with Fire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Parties and Political Violence
- 2 A Theory of Party Instability and Political Violence
- 3 The Development of Divergent Parties and Party Systems in Kenya and India
- 4 Party Instability and Political Violence in Kenya
- 5 Party Fragility and Subnational Patterns of Violence in Kenya’s Rift Valley and Coast Regions
- 6 Party Stabilization, Declining Riot Violence, and New Modalities of Political Conflict in India
- 7 Party Politics and Subnational Trajectories of Riot Violence in India’s Hyderabad and Meerut Cities
- 8 Party Instability and Political Violence
- 9 Conclusion
- Book part
- References
- Datasets
- Index
Summary
This chapter provides subnational evidence from Kenya’s Rift Valley and Coast Provinces to show how unstable parties have incentivized elites to organize and sponsor party violence in these places. It also incorporates additional subnational variables, including information on candidates’ anxieties over seats, demographic data, and fine-grained information on grievances to explain where, when, and how violence has been organized in the Rift Valley and Coast.
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- Playing with FireParties and Political Violence in Kenya and India, pp. 100 - 125Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024