| The Rise of a Party-State in Kenya |
| Acknowledgments |
| Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Foreign Terms |
| Abbreviated Chronology of Events |
 | Chapter One— Creating Political Order |
| • | Single-Party Dominance |
 | The Rise of the Party-State in Africa |
| • | The Argument |
| • | The Kenyan Case |
| • | Overview |
| Chapter Two— Single-Party Dominance, 1964–1969 |
| Chapter Three— The Struggle in the Rift Valley, 1970–1975 |
| Chapter Four— The Transition Period, 1976-1980 |
| Chapter Five— From "Harambee!" to "Nyayo!" 1980-1985 |
| Chapter Six— Party, State, and Civil Society, 1985-1990 |
| Chapter Seven— The Kenyan Party-State in Comparative Perspective |
| Notes |
| Appendix: The Uses of Evidence |
| Bibliography |
| Index |