Screen LibraryMiddle classes in Africa : changing lives and conceptual challenges /
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...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham, Switzerland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Frontiers of globalization
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| Summary: |
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 |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 376 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-364) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9783319621470 3319621475 |
| Index Number: | HT690 |
| CLC: | D740.61 |
| Call Number: | D740.61/M627 |