Grace Muthoni Mwaura
Biographic Data
| ID | 2224540 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Grace Muthoni Mwaura |
| GIVEN NAMES | Grace Muthoni |
| FAMILY NAME | Mwaura |
| SIGNATURE | MWAURA G M |
| AFFILIATIONS | African Centre for Technology Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3458-8773 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Formal‐sector employment and Africa's youth employment crisis: Irrelevance or policy priority
The Side-Hustle: Diversified Livelihoods of Kenyan Educated Young Farmers
Side-hustling – the engagement in diverse income-earningactivities – has become a common phenomenon among Kenyan educated youth who are increasingly faced with formal employment uncertainties. In this article, I examine how aspirations and expectations of educated youth are formed within their opportunity space, involving their assessment of what is possible within their geographical, socioeconomic and political contexts, and given their own qual…
Just Farming? Neoliberal Subjectivities and Agricultural Livelihoods among Educated Youth in Kenya
Given the precariousness of graduate employment in most African countries, coupled with intersecting challenges of food insecurity, urbanization and population growth, educated youth are increasingly being encouraged to seek alternative livelihood opportunities in agriculture - a sector traditionally associated with the uneducated rural poor but which has received considerable developmental attention. This article examines how and with what impac…
Just Farming? Neoliberal Subjectivities and Agricultural Livelihoods among Educated Youth in Kenya
Given the precariousness of graduate employment in most African countries, coupled with intersecting challenges of food insecurity, urbanization and population growth, educated youth are increasingly being encouraged to seek alternative livelihood opportunities in agriculture - a sector traditionally associated with the uneducated rural poor but which has received considerable developmental attention. This article examines how and with what impac…
The Side-Hustle: Diversified Livelihoods of Kenyan Educated Young Farmers
Side-hustling – the engagement in diverse income-earningactivities – has become a common phenomenon among Kenyan educated youth who are increasingly faced with formal employment uncertainties. In this article, I examine how aspirations and expectations of educated youth are formed within their opportunity space, involving their assessment of what is possible within their geographical, socioeconomic and political contexts, and given their own qual…
Just Farming? Neoliberal Subjectivities and Agricultural Livelihoods among Educated Youth in Kenya
Given the precariousness of graduate employment in most African countries, coupled with intersecting challenges of food insecurity, urbanization and population growth, educated youth are increasingly being encouraged to seek alternative livelihood opportunities in agriculture - a sector traditionally associated with the uneducated rural poor but which has received considerable developmental attention. This article examines how and with what impac…
Formal‐sector employment and Africa's youth employment crisis: Irrelevance or policy priority
Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (2 works) · Livelihood (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (1 works)