Emerging Elites, Oligarchy, and the Kenyan Middle Classes

The topic of emerging elites raises many questions and arouses multiple interests. What is brought to light through these elites is the significance of the ongoing economic, social and political changes as well as their historical trends and their nature. The approach adopted in this chapter extends and completes the above presentation (cf. introduction to the volume). General trends in Kenyan society are often analysed in terms of risk-tensions and following a fatalistic view of society stal..