dc.contributor.author |
Mwaniki, Munene |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2019-10-24T06:56:20Z |
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dc.date.available |
2019-10-24T06:56:20Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2009-11 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa, 40:2, 145-165 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1022-8195 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1753-5395 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Munene_Mwaniki/publication/233432145_The_dialectics_of_language_inclusion_and_exclusion_An_analysis_of_the_language_factor_in_the_Kenyan_constitutional_review_process/links/56b06b5c08ae9f0ff7b39a50/The-dialectics-of-language-inclusion-and-exclusion-An-analysis-of-the-language-factor-in-the-Kenyan-constitutional-review-process.pdf |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://repository.seku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/5083 |
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dc.description |
DOI: 10.1080/10228190903188609 |
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dc.description.abstract |
In certain contexts, policy and programme interventions aimed at linguistic inclusion could lead to linguistic and other forms of exclusion. As a case in point, the article reports and reflects on the constitutional review process in Kenya and the dialectics of language in this process: the Kenyan constitutional review process was anchored on linguistic inclusion, by allowing the population to participate and offer views in Kenyan languages. This process produced a radical draft constitution hinging on the decentralisation of state power, accountability and participation in governance – ideals at variance with those of the ruling elite. As a counter, the ruling elite pushed their version of a draft constitution, watering down the decentralisation of state power, accountability and participation in governance. As expected, this version was defeated in a plebiscite. The article postulates that there are dialectic relationships between linguistic exclusion and/or inclusion and the exclusiveness and/or inclusiveness of macro-structures of governance in society. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Taylor & Francis |
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dc.subject |
Constitutional review |
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dc.subject |
Kenyan constitution |
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dc.subject |
Kenyan languages |
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dc.subject |
linguistic exclusion |
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dc.subject |
linguistic inclusion |
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dc.subject |
politics of language |
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dc.title |
The dialectics of language inclusion and exclusion: An analysis of the language factor in the Kenyan constitutional review process |
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dc.type |
Article |
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