Agro-industrial Labour in Kenya : Cut Flower Farms and Migrant Workers' Settlements /: Cut Flower Farms and Migrant Workers' Settlements. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gerda Kuiper.
• Authors: Kuiper, Gerda
• Contents: Chapter ​1: Introduction.1.1 Lake Naivasha: A Contested Research Sige1.2 Ethnographic Research in an Agro-industrial Context1.2.1 Methodology1.2.2 My Position within Social Hierarchies1.3 Theoretical Positioning1.3.1 Agro-industrial Labour1.3.2 The Production of a (Gendered) Workforce1.3.3 Translocal Labour Migration in Kenya1.4 Aims and Outline of the StudyBibliography Chapter 2: Naivasha's History: From Livestock to Flowers.2.1 Colonial Period: Settlers and Squatters 2.2 After Independence: 'A Farming Town with Steady Growth' 2.3 Blooming Business: The Establishment of the Cut Flower Industry 2.4 Naivasha in the Twenty-First Century: Paradise Lost? 2.5 Conclusion: Naivasha's Past and Present BibliographyChapter 3: Coming to Naivasha: Finding a Place to Stay and a Place to Work.3.1 Three Workers 3.1.1 Flora 3.1.2 Lucy 3.1.3 Glory 3.2 The Decision to Move 3.3 Finding a Place to Stay 3.4 Finding a Job: The Naivasha Labour Market 3.5 Finding a Job: Farm's Recruitment Processes 3.6 Finding a Job: Migrant Workers' Preferences 3.7 Conclusion: The Use of Networks Bibliography Chapter 4: Inside the Farms: Rhythms and Hierarchies.4.1 The Lay-out of the Farms 4.2 Daily Routines: Accountability and 'Responsibilisation' 4.3 Rhythms of Labour: Yielding to the Flowers and the Markets 4.4 Farm Hierarchies: Discipline and Social Distance 4.5 Unskilled Labour? The Need for Stability and Experience 4.6 Changing Labour Conditions: Standardization and Unionization 4.7 Gender on the Farms: Divisions of Labour, Sexual Harassment, and Gender Committees 4.8 Ethnicity on the Work Floor: Which Language to Speak? 4.9 Conclusion: Disciplined Labour BibliographyChapter 5: Workers' Settlements: In Search of Order.5.1 The Establishment of Settlements in Kenya 5.2 The Eight Naivasha Workers' Settlements 5.2.1 Karagita 5.2.2 Trading centres DCK/Sulmac and Kongoni 5.2.3 Kihoto 5.2.4 Kamere and Kwa Muhia 5.2.5 Kasarani 5.2.6 KCC 5.3 The Economic Position of Settlements' Residents: 'Hustling' and 'Struggling' 5.4 The Settlements' Illicit Economies: Fish Poaching, Chang'aa, and Sex Work 5.5 Ethnicity in the Settlements: Mixed Marriages and Mutual Mistrust 5.6 Community Relations: Churches, 'Self-help Groups', Colleagues, and Neighbours 5.7 Governing the Settlements: Creating Order and Allowing for Disorder 5.8 Conclusion: 'Spontaneous' Settlements? BibliographyChapter 6: Building a Future: Preparing to Go 'Home'.6.1 The Meaning(s) of Home 6.2 Strategies for the Future: Constructing a 'Home' 6.2.1 Investing in Networks: Visits and Remittances 6.2.2 Investing in Assets: Plots and Livestock 6.2.3 Investing in Groups: Participation in Organizations 6.2.4 Postponing the Future: Flora and James 6.2.5 A Woman's Future: Helen 6.2.6 A Future in Naivasha: Moses 6.3 Leaving Naivasha: Wage Labour Pasts? 6.4 Conclusion: Securing the Future BibliographyChapter 7: Conclusion.Glossary.Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (284 pages)
• Subjects: Social sciences; Ethnology; Ethnography; Industrial sociology; Women; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Sociology: work & labour; Social issues & processes; Gender studies: women
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030180461
• Related ISBNs: 9783030180454
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