Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Modernization, relative inequality and fatalism: a study of poverty and underdevelopment In rural Kenya
(Facult of Arts, University of Nairobi, 1977)This is a work about technological change and its effects on Mbooni, a rural community. It examines the factors behind this change, as well as the consequences, both intended and unintended, that accrue to the change -
Parental punitive scale for the Kikuyu rural adolescents
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts, 1974-08)A Parental Punitive Scale for Kikuyu, Rural Adolesoents. This study was designed in order to construct ''A Parental Punitive Soale" for Kikuyu, rulral adolesoents. The methodused in designing and validating this soale ... -
Development of urbanization in Kenya: A spatial analysis and implication for regional development strategy
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Industrial market structure and development in East Africa
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, university of Nairobi, 1975)This study examines how industrial market structure plays its role in the process of development of the three East African economies Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. It provides an examination of the results of studies on ... -
Rural to urban migration a sociological interpretation
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts, 1978)This study argues that the ultimate causes of accelerating rural to urban migration must be sought in the social dynamics of the rural societies and that these same causal factors also affect the urban adaptation process. ... -
The civic and political participation of the Nairobi female elites in Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, university of Nairobi, 1979)In this thesis, the Nairobi female elite's political and civic functions and participation have been observed so as to determine their role in Kenyan society. The female elite in Nairobi included females in political ... -
Some of perspectives of christianity in the context of the mordern missionary enterprise in East Africa with special reference to Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts, 1977)This study has shown (a) the theological misconception of the modern missionary movement , (b) the Afrians theological appropriation of the Christian faith to their cultural and religious heritage in the context of the ... -
Land and population in the Western Districts of Nyanza Province, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Geography, 1963-04)The human drama in the western Districts of Nyanza Province has been enacted against background of the lower lake shores marked contrast with the higher and wetter regions on either side of the gulf. Over this varied ... -
Mbatiany 1824-1889:A bibliographical study of a nineteenth century Maasai Oloiboni
(1980)The extant literature about the traditional institutions of the maasai seems to have overlooked the role of religion in the traditional societies. As a result of this, two theories have emerged concerning the role the ... -
Fertility trends in Tanzania
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, university of Nairobi, 1976)The purpose of this thesis is to investigate fertility trends in Mainland Tanzania. Data on the age structure, current and retrospective fertility are examined in Chapter 2 for evidence of changes in fertility. Information ... -
The biography of Ex-chief Muganda Okwako 1903-1952
(Department of History, University of Nairobi, 1972)In this study of the life and activities of Muganda Okwako, an ex-colonial chief of North Ugenya location of Siaya District In Nyanza, an attempt is made to examine the colonial experience of the people of North ... -
The employement problem in Kenya tread causes and policy implication
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, University of Nairobi, 1978-06)Lack of adequate job opportunities in Kenya's monetary sector is a 'problem' that pessimists feel has deteriorated since independence. Kenya's economic rate of growth has been described as one of the fastest in the ... -
Inflation accounting and present company financial reporting in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Business (SOB), 1977-08)Accounting for price-level changes is a current controversial issue in the accounting profession. It has attracted both' practicing accountants and academicians in recent years. The writer of this thesis is not an ... -
The measurement of relative economic efficiency in manufacturing in Kenya
(1979)In this study a Cobb-Douglas profit function is developed and used to measure relative economic efficiency in manufacturing in Kenya. A substantive finding is that industries dominated by large firms are relatively ... -
The principal politico-economic causes of alienation in Kenya between 1945-1970
(1978)Although alienation is essentially psychological, its causes lie if. the material and social infrastracture of our societies. But no serious attempt has been taken to analyse the material and social roots of alienation ...
