When Fortune Smiles on the Poor: A Storyof Upward Intragenerational Social Mobilityamong Malay FELDA Settlers
Faizah Mohd Fakhruddin1, Noor ‘AzlanMohd Noor2
1Faizah Mohd Fakhruddin, School of Human Resource and Psychology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.
2Noor ‘AzlanMohd Noor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, International Inslamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Manuscript received on 25 November 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 04 December 2019 | Manuscript Published on 10 December 2019 | PP: 719-722 | Volume-8 Issue-3S2 October 2019 | Retrieval Number: C12291083S219/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.C1229.1083S219
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Abstract: This paper discusses the pattern of social mobility experienced by the first generation Malay FELDA settlers in a FELDA settlement located in Perak. Social mobility patterns are solely gauged by settlers’ socio-economic conditions that are compared between the settlers’ pre-migration and post migration period to the FELDA settlement. The study involved fieldwork conducted for a period of nine months from December 2014 to August 2015. The study used qualitative method using in-depth interviews and participant observation with thirty settlers. The results of the study show that all of the first generation experienced upward intragenerational social mobility due to their migration to the FELDA settlement. Factors such as better employment opportunities, stable earnings and property ownership offered by FELDA are regarded as important reasons for the settlers’ upward social mobility.
Keywords: Intragenerational Social Mobility, FELDA Settlement, Upward Social Mobility.
Scope of the Article: Social Sciences