essay

The modernization of social stratification

King's men : leadership and status in Buganda on the eve of independenceLondonPublished In 1964 • Pages: 117-157

By: Fallers, Lloyd A., Elkan, S., Kamoga, F. K., Musoke, S. B. K..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study examines the changes in occupational organization, social mobility and status differentiation in twentieth-century Buganda. Buganda's modernization has brought an increase in occupational roles which have become the more salient measure of social status, opening up new avenues of social mobility outside of the traditional system of royal patronage. The author looks at the various occupations within government, farming, commerce and industry, and examines their degree of openess to the Baganda ethnic group and to Baganda of different socioeconomic backgrounds.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Acculturation and culture contact
Tillage
Occupational specialization
Status, role, and prestige
Territorial hierarchy
Form and rules of government
Administrative agencies
Political parties
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Ganda
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1998
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Africa
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Africa
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard ; 1997
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not specified
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1877-1956
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Uganda
NotesAdditional notes
L. A. Fallers, assisted by S. Elkan, F. K. Kamoga and S. B. K. Musoke
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
64002741
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ganda (African people)