Moving to Retain Class Status
Spatial Mobility among Older Middle-Class People in Kenya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3751046 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kroeker, Kroeker Kroeker (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 137 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9887 • E-ISSN: 1527-1978 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/africatoday.66.3_4.07 |
| OpenAlex | W3016950681 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
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
Class (philosophy) · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnography · Life chances · Life course approach · Middle class · Political science · Scholarship · Social class · Social mobility · Social science · Social status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |