"Hustlers versus dynasty": Kenya's new class politics

While ethnicity has been the dominant dividing line in Kenyan politics, some argue that a new language of “hustlers versus dynasty” suggests the emergence of a more class-based politics. However, politics of grievance are never about one axis of inequality; the hustler-dynasty frame is no exception and resonates for reasons beyond class.

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Graduate Institute Geneva Institutional Repository (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
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2025-09-09
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https://doi.org/10.71609/iheid-abhn-w608
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Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
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"Hustlers versus dynasty": Kenya's new class politics

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Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
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"Hustlers versus dynasty": Kenya's new class politics

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Abstract

While ethnicity has been the dominant dividing line in Kenyan politics, some argue that a new language of “hustlers versus dynasty” suggests the emergence of a more class-based politics. However, politics of grievance are never about one axis of inequality; the hustler-dynasty frame is no exception and resonates for reasons beyond class.

Graduate Institute Geneva Institutional Repository (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
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Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
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