The state, the market and civil society

This paper seeks to understand the role that the state, the market and civil society can play in Kenya's development. It seeks to understand current debates on development in light of changes that have occurred in the process of Kenya's development. In doing this, it aims to understand the role that structures of control (i.e. the state and its instruments of control) have played historically and how external forces have influenced this process. Secondly, it also aims to understand how production and exchange relations have influenced social structures. In taking the above approach, the paper hopes to find out why the state continues to have an entrenched role in Kenya's economy.