essay
Social mobility, traditional and modern
King's men : leadership and status in Buganda on the eve of independence • London • Published In 1964 • Pages: 158-210
By: Fallers, Lloyd A., Musoke, S. B. K..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors in this paper compare social mobility in nineteenth-century and twentieth-century Buganda. The former period was characterized by a great deal of social mobility within a system of royal patronage. Persons with talent, regardless of background, were able to move up in society based on their ability to serve and impress those in power, especially the king. However, downward mobility was just as great due to political intrigue and the falling from royal favor. Modernization processes in the twentieth century have increased social mobility by creating more positions and occupations in the society into which persons can move. Furthermore, land reform, a growing commercial economy, and a new educational system altered the means and routes to elite positions. It also helped to create a more entrenched group of top elite who owned large tracts of land and enjoyed preferential access to the country's most prestigious private schools.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Occupational specialization
- Individuation and mobility
- Classes
- Social relationships and groups
- Clans
- Territorial hierarchy
- Education system
- 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
- 1700-1956
- 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. B. K. Musoke
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64002741
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ganda (African people)