New Black Middle Class in South Africa
«An insightful and engaging read for those who seek to learn more about social stratification and mobility in South Africa.»
AFRICA SPECTRUM
Provides the most comprehensive account since the early 1960s of South Africa's "black middle class".
2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
The "rise of the black middle class" is one of the most visible aspects of post-apartheid society in South Africa.
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2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
The "rise of the black middle class" is one of the most visible aspects of post-apartheid society in South Africa. Yet while it has been a major actor in the country's democratic reshaping, analysis of its role has been all but lacking. Rather, the image presented by the media has been of "black diamonds", consumers of the products of advanced industrial economies, and of corrupt "tenderpreneurs" who use their political connections to obtain contracts. This book seeks to complicate that picture with a much-needed analysis that recounts its historical development in colonial society prior to 1994, before examining the size, shape andstructure of the new black middle class in contemporary South Africa and its relation to its counterparts in the Global South.
Roger Southall is Professor Emeritus in Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand.
Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Swaziland): Jacana
Detaljer
- Forlag
- James Currey
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 317
- ISBN
- 9781847012456
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
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«An insightful and engaging read for those who seek to learn more about social stratification and mobility in South Africa.»
AFRICA SPECTRUM
«2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title»
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