Wanjala S. Nasong'o is Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, USA.

Maurice N. Amutabi is Professor and Director of the Center for Science and Technology Studies at the Technical University of Kenya.

Toyin Falola is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is an honorary professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Extraordinary Professor of Human Rights at the University of the Free State, South Africa.

Addresses a comprehensive range of themes and issues on Kenya

Covers both popular topics and those previously ignored

Offers thorough and critical analysis of contemporary Kenya

1. Introduction: Contemporary Kenya: Politics, Economics, Environment, and Society; Wanjala S. Nasong'o, Maurice N. Amutabi, Toyin Falola.- Part I: Independence and the Political Economy of Development.- 2. Structural Adjustment and Economic Reforms in Kenya; Urbanus Mwinzi Ndolo.- 3. Higher Education Policy and Reforms in Kenya; Michael Mwenda Kithinji.- 4. Gangs, Militias, and Vigilantes in Rural and Urban Violence in Kenya; Musambayi Katumanga.- 5. Role of Students in National Politics in Kenya; Maurice N. Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi.- 6. Kenyan Public Intellectuals and National Development Debates; Maurice N. Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi.- 7. The Matatu Industry in Nairobi; Mickie Koster.- 8. Pastoralism and the Northern Kenya Economy; Maurice N. Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi.- 9. Venture Capital and Silicon Savannah Valley in Kenya; Daniel Oigo Ogachi and Zeman Zoltan.- Part II: Environment, Globalization, Gender, and Society.- 10. Environmental Policy and Practice in Kenya; Wanjala S. Nasong'o.- 11. Wangari Muta Maathai and the Green Belt Movement; Besi Brillian Muhonja.- 12. The Women's Movement and Gender Politics in Kenya; Damaris Parsitau and Dorothy Nyakwaka.- 13. The Youth and Socio-Economic Development in Kenya; Sellah Nasimiyu King'oro.- 14. Civil Society and the Politics of Democratization; Wanjala S. Nasong'o.- 15. The Second Republic and the Politics of Devolution; Edmond Maloba Were.- 16. Ethnicity and Political Violence in Kenya; Linnet Hamasi and Maurice N. Amutabi.- 17. Presidential Leadership Styles from Jomo to Uhuru; Eric E. Otenyo.- 18. Sport and Recreation in Kenya; W.W.S. Njororai and Peter Omondi-Ochieng.- 19. Religion and the Cultures of Kenya; Mary Nyangweso Wangila.- 20. Kiswahili in Kenya: Broken Language and Broken Promises; Ken Walibora Waliaula.- 21. Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Medicine in Kenya; Maurice N. Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi.- 22. Kenya's Security Sector: Reform in a Changing Strategic Environment; Stephen Mwachofi Singo and Edmond John Pamba.- 23. The Impact of Globalization in Kenya, Mumo Nzau.-Part III: The External Context.- 24. Colonial Boundaries and Emerging Border Contestations in Post-Independent Kenya; Peter Wafula Wekesa.- 25. Illiberalism, Human Rights, and Rule of Law: A Kenyan Paradox; Makau Mutua.- 26. Mapping Kenya's Diaspora and its National Economic, Social, Cultural, and Political Impact; Kefa M. Otiso.- 27. Foreign Policy and Kenya's Foreign Relations, 1963-2017; Mercy Kathambi Kaburu and Korwa Gombe Adar.- 28. Al-Shabaab and the Regional Security Dilemma; Oscar Gakuo Mwangi.- 29. Kenya-US Relations and the War on Terror; Mumo Nzau.- 30. China in Kenya and its Impact and Implications; Linnet Hamasi and Maurice N. Amutabi.- 31. Kenya and Regional Integration Schemes; Joshua M. Kivuva.- 32. Kenya's External Trade; Caroline Ayuma Okello.- 33. Kenya in World Politics; Thomas Otieno Juma.- 34. Kenya : Future Imaginations; Toyin Falola.