Moving to retain class status : Spatial mobility of older people in Kenya

DOI zum Zitieren der Version auf EPub Bayreuth: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006518
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Kroeker, Lena:
Moving to retain class status : Spatial mobility of older people in Kenya.
In: Africa Today. Vol. 66 (2020) Issue 3&4 . - pp. 137-158.
ISSN 1527-1978

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Abstract

Recent scholarship on the African middle classes focuses on a middle-aged cohort and generally assumes that social status remains stable over the life course. This contribution argues that a struggle to retain one’s social class across the life course is part of middle-class life in Kenya. I focus on those who currently lead a decent life in the city and prepare for their life after retirement. My ethnographic data suggest that the middle classes cannot afford life in the city once there is no regular income. I argue that entitlements and resources need to be saved and invested during an economically productive phase to lead a decent life after retirement outside the cities.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Keywords:	Social Security; retirement; pensions; house; home; urban; rural; middle class; migration; Kenya; Africa
DDC Subjects:	300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology 300 Social sciences > 360 Social problems, social services 300 Social sciences > 390 Customs, etiquette, folklore 900 History and geography > 960 History of Africa
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Chair Social Anthropology Research Institutions > Research Units > Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies Research Institutions Research Institutions > Research Units
Language:	English
Originates at UBT:	Yes
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-6518-9
Date Deposited:	19 Jul 2022 08:27
Last Modified:	19 Jul 2022 08:29
URI:	https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/6518

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