Citizen political participation in Kenya: a cross-sectional analysis

International Review of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-10-12 DOI:10.1080/12294659.2023.2265119

Nicholas Odongo

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ABSTRACTCitizen participation in politics continues to be an issue of concern for the Kenyan democracy, which needs to be understood to be addressed. Much of the existing literature on this topic focuses on demographic factors, with no sufficient scholarship interrogating political culture and its influence on citizen political participation. In this thesis, I employ an empirical analysis of the determinants of political participation among Kenyans using primary data I collected through an online survey. My main argument is that political culture matters in determining the patterns of political participation among Kenyans. Results from probit regression analyses illustrate that political culture significantly predicts the levels of political participation among Kenyans, across age cohorts. These findings bring up the discussion on the current rate of citizen participation in politics in Kenya, especially in a world in which democracy is increasingly under threat, and promotes case study analyses, and understanding of participatory democracy.KEYWORDS: Kenyacitizen participationpolitical culturepolitical apathyparticipatory democracy Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Data availability statementThe data that support the findings of this study are openly available in 20220706_summary_data.xlsx at https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BR5QPD.Additional informationNotes on contributorsNicholas OdongoNicholas Odongo is an economist and public policy researcher in the areas of policy analysis & strategy, impact evaluation, government & governance, environmental policy & climate change, and development economics. He holds a B.A. Economics from Moi University, an M.Sc. Public Policy from the KDI School of Public Policy and Management and a Ph.D. Policy Studies from Korea University. Dr. Odongo is currently a Research Fellow at the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), supporting the Science Technology Innovation Knowledge and Society (STIKS) programme.

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肯尼亚公民政治参与:横断面分析

摘要公民参政一直是肯尼亚民主所关注的一个问题，需要了解这个问题才能解决。关于这一主题的现有文献大多侧重于人口因素，没有足够的学术研究质疑政治文化及其对公民政治参与的影响。在本文中，我使用通过在线调查收集的原始数据对肯尼亚人政治参与的决定因素进行了实证分析。我的主要论点是，政治文化在决定肯尼亚人的政治参与模式方面起着重要作用。概率回归分析的结果表明，政治文化显著地预测了肯尼亚人在各个年龄段的政治参与水平。这些发现引发了对肯尼亚当前公民参政率的讨论，特别是在民主日益受到威胁的世界中，并促进了案例研究分析和对参与式民主的理解。关键词:肯尼亚公民参与政治文化政治冷漠参与式民主披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。数据可用性声明支持本研究结果的数据可在20220706_summary_data.xlsx上公开获取，网址为https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BR5QPD.Additional information作者说明nicholas Odongo是政策分析与战略、影响评估、政府与治理、环境政策与气候变化以及发展经济学领域的经济学家和公共政策研究员。他持有Moi University的经济学学士学位、KDI公共政策与管理学院的公共政策硕士学位以及Korea University的政策研究博士学位。Odongo博士目前是非洲技术研究中心(ACTS)的研究员，支持科学、技术、创新、知识和社会(STIKS)项目。

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