Maike Voigt
Biographic Data
| ID | 3939281 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maike Voigt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maike |
| FAMILY NAME | Voigt |
| SIGNATURE | VOIGT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bayreuth |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Rise and Fall of Kenyan Entrepreneurs
This book analyses middle-class enterprises in Kenya with special regard to their founders’ social mobility. Using concrete events, individual biographies and in-depth empirical material, Maike Voigt demonstrates how the interplay of personal and familial characteristics with larger political and economic trends determines individual social mobility. Methodologically innovative, ethnographically sound and with analytical clarity, this study highl…
Conclusions from an ethnographic approach to
Entrepreneurship in times of post-election riots
Kenya is often referred to as one of the most stable African economies with a comparatively advanced small business policy. However, it was befallen by an electoral crisis in late 2007 centring on disputed presidential election results, a crisis which many feared might return during the presidential election in 2017. This article demonstrates how small-scale entrepreneurs in the Western Kenyan city of Kisumu prepared for and fared in a difficult …
"Employment Didn't Give me Enough Security". Why Entrepreneurship has Become an Opportunity and Security Measure for the Kenyan Middle Class
This paper addresses the current appeal which entrepreneurship has among many better-off Kenyans. The paradoxical impression that Kenyans give up stable and secure employment to venture into their own business is resolved by looking at it from three different angles. First, the article looks into how employment is perceived today by Kenyans and shows that fixed employment has lost a lot of the attraction it used to hold both for those who are emp…
Urban Economies
"Employment Didn't Give me Enough Security". Why Entrepreneurship has Become an Opportunity and Security Measure for the Kenyan Middle Class
This paper addresses the current appeal which entrepreneurship has among many better-off Kenyans. The paradoxical impression that Kenyans give up stable and secure employment to venture into their own business is resolved by looking at it from three different angles. First, the article looks into how employment is perceived today by Kenyans and shows that fixed employment has lost a lot of the attraction it used to hold both for those who are emp…
Urban Economies
"Employment Didn't Give me Enough Security". Why Entrepreneurship has Become an Opportunity and Security Measure for the Kenyan Middle Class
This paper addresses the current appeal which entrepreneurship has among many better-off Kenyans. The paradoxical impression that Kenyans give up stable and secure employment to venture into their own business is resolved by looking at it from three different angles. First, the article looks into how employment is perceived today by Kenyans and shows that fixed employment has lost a lot of the attraction it used to hold both for those who are emp…
Entrepreneurship in times of post-election riots
Kenya is often referred to as one of the most stable African economies with a comparatively advanced small business policy. However, it was befallen by an electoral crisis in late 2007 centring on disputed presidential election results, a crisis which many feared might return during the presidential election in 2017. This article demonstrates how small-scale entrepreneurs in the Western Kenyan city of Kisumu prepared for and fared in a difficult …
The Rise and Fall of Kenyan Entrepreneurs
This book analyses middle-class enterprises in Kenya with special regard to their founders’ social mobility. Using concrete events, individual biographies and in-depth empirical material, Maike Voigt demonstrates how the interplay of personal and familial characteristics with larger political and economic trends determines individual social mobility. Methodologically innovative, ethnographically sound and with analytical clarity, this study highl…
Conclusions from an ethnographic approach to
Political science (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Entrepreneurship (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Kenya (2 works) · Middle class (2 works) · Small business (2 works)