What We're Reading

October 2017 | Kenya

This month, the RESOLVE Network team’s “What We’re Reading” post again resumes focus on our 10 priority countries. The post features research addressing concepts related to belief, governance, populations, and violence in the country of  Kenya. The publications below delve into the goals and outcomes of a variety of P/CVE programs carried out in the country, communal level dynamics and resilience to violent extremism, and security sector responses in Kenya. Click the links below to view the documents.

 

“Violent Extremism in Kenya” The Rift Valley Institute, February 2017. https://riftvalley.net/publication/violent-extremism-kenya#.WeT0imhSzIV

Chome, Ngala. “Violent Extremism and Clan Dynamics in Kenya” United States Institute of Peace, October 31, 2016. https://www.usip.org/publications/2016/10/violent-extremism-and-clan-dynamics-kenya

Ndung’u, Irene. “What Say Do Women Have in Kenya's Peace and Security?” Institute for Security Studies, June 19, 2016. https://issafrica.org/iss-today/what-say-do-women-have-in-kenyas-peace-and-security 

Anderson, David M., and McKnight, Jacob. “Understanding al-Shabaab: clan, Islam and insurgency in Kenya” Journal of Eastern African Studies, September 23, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1082254

Cannon, John. “Terrorists, Geopolitics and Kenya's Proposed Border Wall with Somalia” Journal of Terrorism Research, May 2016. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2870332

Botha, Anneli. “Radicalisation in Kenya: Recruitment to al-Shabaab and the Mombasa Republican Council” Institute for Security Studies, September 04, 2014. https://issafrica.org/research/papers/radicalisation-in-kenya-recruitment-to-al-shabaab-and-the-mombasa-republican-council

Savage, Sara Anjum Khan, and Dr. Jose Liht. “Preventing Violent Extremism in Kenya through Value Complexity: Assessment of Being Kenyan Being Muslim” Journal of Strategic Security, 2014. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1361&context=jss

Botha, Anneli. “Political Socialization and Terrorist Radicalization Among Individuals Who Joined al-Shabaab in Kenya” Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, October 10, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2014.952511

Ogenga, Fredrick. “Philosophizing Alternative Pan-African Media and Society Approaches to Countering Female Violent Extremism in Kenya for Peace and Security” The Wilson Center, December 2016. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/publication/ogenga_-_research_paper.pdf

“Kenya’s Rift Valley: Old Wounds, Devolution’s New Anxieties” International Crisis Group, May 30, 2017. https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/horn-africa/kenya/248-kenyas-rift-va…;

Russell, Olivia. “Meet Me at the Maskani: Mapping of Influencers, Networks, and Communication Channels in Kenya and Tanzania” Search for Common Ground, June 2017. https://www.sfcg.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/SFCG-Meet-Me-at-the-Maskani-Final.pdf

Buchanan-Clarke, Stephen, and Rorisang Lekalake. “Is Kenya’s Anti-Terrorist Crackdown Exacerbating Drivers of Violent Extremism?” Afrobarometer, July 2, 2015. https://www.afrobarometer.org/wp-content/uploads/migrated/files/publications/Dispatches/ab_r6_dispatchno37.pdf

Adano, Wario R., Ton Dietz, Karen Witsenburg, and Zaal, Fred. “Climate change, violent conflict and local institutions in Kenya's drylands” Journal of Peace Research, January 31, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343311427344. 

Khalil, James, and Martine Zeuthen. “A Case Study of Counter Violent Extremism (CVE) Programming: Lessons from OTI’s Kenya Transition Initiative” Stability: International Journal of Security & Development, September 30, 2014. http://doi.org/10.5334/sta.ee.