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Agro-industrial Labour in Kenya Gerda Kuiper

Agro-industrial Labour in Kenya By Gerda Kuiper

Agro-industrial Labour in Kenya by Gerda Kuiper


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Gerda Kuiper here interprets the work on the farms as agro-industrial labour: a labour system characterized by high levels of discipline and a strict rhythm of work, due to the demands posed by a highly perishable agricultural product.

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Agro-industrial Labour in Kenya: Cut Flower Farms and Migrant Workers Settlements by Gerda Kuiper

This ethnography analyses labour relations within the export-oriented cut flower industry at Lake Naivasha in Kenya. Though this agro-industry has attracted critical attention from journalists and non-governmental organizations, this book is the first comprehensive, social scientific analysis of the industrys labour arrangements and production processes. Gerda Kuiper here interprets the work on the farms as agro-industrial labour: a labour system characterized by high levels of discipline and a strict rhythm of work, due to the demands posed by a highly perishable agricultural product. This framework enables the author to draw on insights from a wide range of anthropological and sociological studies on (agro-)industrial wage labour around the globe. This mixed-methods approach, deployed alongside rich ethnographic detail, allows the author to center the flower farm workers in her analysis.

About Gerda Kuiper

Gerda Kuiper, Ph.D., is a cultural anthropologist with a regional focus on Eastern Africa, a thematic focus on economic anthropology and globalization, and a strong interdisciplinary commitment.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Naivashas History: From Livestock to Flowers.- 3. Coming to Naivasha: Finding a Place to Stay and a Place to Work.- 4. Inside the Farms: Rhythms and Hierarchies.- 5. Workers Settlements: In Search of Order.- 6. Building a Future: Preparing to Go Home.- 7. Conclusion.

Additional information

NPB9783030180454
9783030180454
303018045X
Agro-industrial Labour in Kenya: Cut Flower Farms and Migrant Workers Settlements by Gerda Kuiper
New
Hardback
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
2019-05-31
284
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