Abstract Climate change adaptation literature on pastoralists often embraces a systems approach that uses aggregate analysis, giving a false assumption of community homogeneity. It assumes that a pastoral community is a coherent unit, an assumption that does not adequately capture the increasingly differentiated adaptation pathways. Analyzing key adaptation practices among Maasai (agro-) pastoralists’ of Laikipia County, we outline how wealth, age and gender differentiate actors’ adaptation pathways. We argue that adaptation pathways are political processes highly negotiated by these elements of social differentiation and that individual actors adaptation opportunities are substantially shaped by their social positions. Additionally, we make the case for using adaptation practices as focal points for adaptation pathways research because this methodological choice allows unpacking who, why and how questions in the uptake of emerging technical adaptation practices, especially how they are influenced by individual social positions of wealth, age and gender.

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气候变化适应中的社会差异：一个社区，肯尼亚畜牧业转型的多种途径

摘要 关于牧民的气候变化适应文献通常采用使用综合分析的系统方法，给出了社区同质性的错误假设。它假设牧区社区是一个连贯的单元，这一假设并没有充分体现日益分化的适应途径。通过分析莱基皮亚县马赛（农业）牧民的主要适应实践，我们概述了财富、年龄和性别如何区分行动者的适应途径。我们认为，适应路径是由这些社会分化要素高度协商的政治过程，个体行为者适应机会在很大程度上取决于他们的社会地位。此外，