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The Rise of Africa s Middle Class
Author | : Henning Melber |
Publsiher | : Zed Books Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 2016-12-15 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781783607167 |
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Across Africa, a burgeoning middle class has become the poster child for the 'Africa rising' narrative. Ambitious, aspirational and increasingly affluent, this group is said to embody the values and hopes of the new Africa, with international bodies ranging from the United Nations Development Programme to the World Bank regarding them as important agents of both economic development and democratic change. This narrative, however, obscures the complex and often ambiguous role that this group actually plays in African societies. Bringing together economists, political scientists, anthropologists and development experts, and spanning a variety of case studies from across the continent, this collection provides a much-needed corrective to the received wisdom within development circles, and provides a fresh perspective on social transformations in contemporary Africa.
The Emerging Middle Class in Africa
Author | : Mthuli Ncube,Charles Lufumpa |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2014-10-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781317634546 |
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The emergence of the African middle class as a driver of Africa’s economic growth stands out as an important milestone in Africa’s contemporary economic history. This growth, though uneven, is a source of hope for Africa, but also a signal to the rest of the world on the prospects for economic recovery and renewal, particularly because it has been steady despite the global downturn. The Emerging Middle Class in Africa analyses specific aspects of the lives of the middle class in Africa. It looks at how people become and remain in the middle class through a series of thematic chapters. It examines how behaviour changes in the process, in terms of consumption patterns and spending on health and education. A further dimension of this analysis is how class impacts on gender relations and whether women are able to reap the same benefits of social advancement available to men. Africa is a continent of such scale and diversity that experiences across countries vary widely. The book thus captures the common patterns across the continent. This text is primarily aimed at Africanist researchers, policy makers, development practitioners, and bilateral and multilateral institutions, as well as students of African studies, political science, political economy, development studies, and development economics.
Middle Classes in Africa
Author | : Lena Kroeker,David O'Kane,Tabea Scharrer |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2018-02-19 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9783319621487 |
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This volume challenges the concept of the ‘new African middle class’ with new theoretical and empirical insights into the changing lives in Sub-Saharan Africa. Diverse middle classes are on the rise, but models of class based on experiences from other regions of the world cannot be easily transferred to the African continent. Empirical contributions, drawn from a diverse range of contexts, address both African histories of class formation and the political roles of the continent’s middle classes, and also examine the important interdependencies that cut across inter-generational, urban-rural and class divides. This thought-provoking book argues emphatically for a revision of common notions of the 'middle class', and for the inclusion of insights 'from the South' into the global debate on class. Middle Classes in Africa will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, as well as NGOs and policy makers with an interest in African societies.
The New Black Middle Class in South Africa
Author | : Roger Southall |
Publsiher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781847011435 |
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Provides the most comprehensive account since the early 1960s of South Africa's black middle class.
The Rise of Africa s Middle Class
Author | : Henning Melber |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1783607173 |
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The first comprehensive volume to offer a critical perspective on the role of the new middle classes in contemporary Africa.
The Rise of an African Middle Class
Author | : Michael O. West |
Publsiher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2002-08-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0253215242 |
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"Offers an extremely sophisticated, nuanced view of the social and political construction of an African middle class in colonial Zimbabwe." —Elizabeth Schmidt Tracing their quest for social recognition from the time of Cecil Rhodes to Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of independence, Michael O. West shows how some Africans were able to avail themselves of scarce educational and social opportunities in order to achieve some degree of upward mobility in a society that was hostile to their ambitions. Though relatively few in number and not rich by colonial standards, this comparatively better class of Africans challenged individual and social barriers imposed by colonialism to become the locus of protest against European domination. This extensive and original book opens new perspective into relations between colonizers and colonized in colonial Zimbabwe.
Under Pressure The Squeezed Middle Class
Author | : OECD |
Publsiher | : OECD Publishing |
Total Pages | : 167 |
Release | : 2019-05-01 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9789264150348 |
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Middle-class households feel left behind and have questioned the benefits of economic globalisation.
The Middle Class in Mozambique
Author | : Jason Sumich |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2018-10-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781108472883 |
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Introduction -- Origins -- Asendance -- Collapse -- Democracy -- Decay -- 2016, concluding thoughts