The rise of a mediated state in northern Kenya:

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" The rise of a mediated state in northern Kenya: "
Ken Menkhaus

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1064014
Doc. No	:	LA107643
Call No	:	‭10.1163/2031356X-02102004‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Ken Menkhaus
Title & Author	:	The rise of a mediated state in northern Kenya: [Article] : the Wajir story and its implications for state-building\ Ken Menkhaus
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Afrika Focus
Date	:	2008
Volume/ Issue Number	:	21/2
Page No	:	23–38
Abstract	:	In an anarchic corner of northern Kenya in the mid-1990s, a collection of local non-state actors led by a women’s market group created an umbrella movement that came to establish an impressive level of peace and security across an entire region. The Kenyan government forged a formal relationship with this group in Wajir, essentially sub-contracting out important functions of local government to local civic leaders, and using its partnership with the Wajir group as a template for similar state-sanctioned governance arrangements in other troubled border areas of the country. The Wajir story is examined in this article as an example of a “mediated state” approach to rebuilding rule of law through non-state actors in a conflict and post-conflict setting. In an anarchic corner of northern Kenya in the mid-1990s, a collection of local non-state actors led by a women’s market group created an umbrella movement that came to establish an impressive level of peace and security across an entire region. The Kenyan government forged a formal relationship with this group in Wajir, essentially sub-contracting out important functions of local government to local civic leaders, and using its partnership with the Wajir group as a template for similar state-sanctioned governance arrangements in other troubled border areas of the country. The Wajir story is examined in this article as an example of a “mediated state” approach to rebuilding rule of law through non-state actors in a conflict and post-conflict setting.
Descriptor	:	civil society
Descriptor	:	failed state
Descriptor	:	mediated-state
Descriptor	:	northern Kenya
Descriptor	:	peace-buildin
Descriptor	:	state-building
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/2031356X-02102004‬