Jeffrey Steeves

Background

About Jeffrey Steeves

Field research in Kenya in rural societies from 1970 to 1972. Field research in Papua New Guinea for election May-August 1977. Field research in Solomon Islands on decentralization, elections and political party from June - August 1980. Field research in Vanuatu on elections and decentralization, party formation, government officials, the President from May - June 1980. Field research in Fiji November - December 1980. Just published Democracy Challenged in the 2022 Presidential Succession in Kenya: The Imperial President in Africa by Cambridge Scholars. Link is: cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-3009-6. Field research on decentralization and development in rural Fiji from August to December 1986. Field research on decentralization and national elections in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea In July - August 1993. Field research in Kenya on 1997 national elections June - July 1997. Field research in Kenya on 2002 national elections December - January 2003. Field research in Kenya on post-election violence following disputed 2007 presidential election and on the fate of internally displaced persons after the violence, November 2009. Field research in Kenya on final full 2013 April 29, 2014 to May 13, 2014. I also became very interested in the Kenyan experiment in devolution. Just completed book-length manuscript - “The Imperial President in Africa and the 2022 presidential succession in Kenya”. Research from 2018 tithe present.