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- W1982486618 abstract "Are there beginning to be substantial numbers in Nairobi who arewholly and permanently dependent upon wage employment, and -whose ties withtheir villages of origin have become severed?This paper looks first at the statistical evidence, and then atthe evidence provided by sociologists and social anthropologists who have donerelevant 'field' research in different parts of Nairobi.The statistical evidence is at first sight ambiguous & Labourturnover statistics imply that people are staying much longer than a decadeago, when, short term circular migration was still the common pattern. The more favourableratio of men to women also points in the same direction. But thesex ratio, especially in the case of the over 30's is still greatly tiltedtowards male preponderances and the proportion of children - another indexof 'stability' - is hardly higher than it was in 1962. It is only when one looks at the work of sociologists that thestatistics begin to make sense, The work of Weisner, Ferraro and Parkincorroborates the statistical evidence of much longer residence in Nairobi,but shows that this in no sense implies any lessening of ties with rural homes. The high proportion of urban pay said to be remitted to families outside Nairobiis further evidence of these ties, as is the exceptional importance attachedto having the longest possible holidays in order to be able to visit home.Those who arrive in Nairobi landless acquire land at the earliestopportunity, and only a small minority - mostly Kikuyu born in Nairobi - aretotally enmeshed in the urban networks. These latter could perhaps bedescribed as 'proletarians' -were it not for the awkward fact that most ofthem are petty capitalists in the 'informal' sector.The short answer, therefore, to the question posed in the titleof this paper is 'no!; - but who is wanting a proletariat anyhow?" @default.
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- W1982486618 title "Is a Proletariat Emerging in Nairobi?" @default.
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