Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Factors Affecting Performance of Trade Unions in Kenya
(School of Business, 2013)Trade unions have been used to settle disputes between members and management, the implementation of changes and securing adequate representation of members in government, public and private sector. The objective of this ... -
Wearing Gender Sensitive Lenses in The Road to Empowerment
(Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, 1994) -
The Dawn of Uhuru: Implications of Constitutional Recognition of Communal Land Rights in Pastoral Areas in Kenya
(Univesity of NairobiCentre for Advanced Studies in Environmental Law and Policy, 2000) -
The Case for an Ombudsman in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,Institute for Development Studies, 1998) -
Factors causing reversed bullwhip effect on the supply chains: A case study of Kenya Pipeline Corporation.
(School of Business, 2010)The study sought to determine the factors that cause supply variability along the supply chain of organisations. The study location was Kenya Pipeline Company, Kenya where from a population of 7 depots, purposive sampling ... -
Victims of Armed Conflict and Persecution in South Africa: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Private Law, 2009) -
Wasted Lives: Internally Displaced Persons Living in Camps in Kenya
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Private Law, 2010)This article evaluates the protection that the Government of Kenya off ered to those who fled to camps in the wake of the post-election violence that gripped the country in 2007. It focuses on basic needs, social economic ... -
Can African States Conduct Free and Fair Presidential Elections
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Private Law, 2009) -
Consequences of a flawed presidential election
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Private Law, 2009)This paper evaluates the impact of a substandard presidential election. Using Kenya as a case study, it reviews the 2007 vote. The paper contends that there is a link between free and fair elections and the enjoyment of ... -
The Application of Participatory Action Research to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa
(Department of Sociology and Social Work, 2012) -
Assessing Asylum Claims in Africa: Missing or Meeting Standards?
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Private Law, 2006)This article reviews the procedures used to determine refugee applications. Using Kenya and Egypt as case studies, it discusses the basic international due-process considerations that should be observed when adjudicating ... -
Past reflections, future insights: African asylum law and policy in historical perspective
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Private Law, 2007)This article argues that an understanding of the evolution of asylum is an essential ingredient in the search for ideas and perspectives to the plight facing forced migrants. Using Kenya as a case study, the paper evaluates ... -
Peoples voice: What Kenyans say
(University of Nairobi,Institute for Development Studies, 1998) -
The Media: Professional Independence and Fair Coverage of Elections
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Journalism, 1997) -
Impediments in the War Against HIV/AIDS among the Rural and Urban Poor in Kenya
(LUISSOCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2006)Kenya has declared war on the HIV/AIDS pandemic. But a victory in any war is often achieved when those managing the war possess unity of purpose, a common set of deeply cherished values and, above all, a conscience large ... -
Land question and politics of tenure reforms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,Institute for Development Studies, 1997) -
Local Church and Livelihood Construction: Interlocking Social Domains and Evolving Scenarios of Synergy for Mission in Nyamira, Kenya
(Department of Sociology and Social Work, 2012)Dominant Northern development expertise acknowledges religion mostly as impeding development processes and aim to secularize and ‘modernize’ the South. This paper seeks to map out the various intersections of church and ... -
Football Sub-Culture: The Case of Sydney Swan Team in NewSouth Wales, Australia
(Univesity of NairobiSchool of Communication, 1983) -
Adapting to Climate Change through a Paradigm Shift in Rural Development: The Case of Westgate Conservancy in Samburu County, Kenya
(Department of Sociology and Social Work, 2012-08)Climate change poses a plethora of challenges to agro-pastoral production in Africa resulting in different adaptation practices; some household-based, others community-based; many studies focus on the former. This paper ...
