The rise of Africa's middle class myths, realities and critical engagements

Across Africa the narrative of "Africa rising" has taken root in a burgeoning middle class. Ambitious and increasingly affluent, this group symbolizes the values and hopes of the new Africa, and they are regarded as important agents of both economic development and democratic change. This...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Melber, Henning, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, England : Zed Books 2016.
Colección:Africa now (Zed Books)
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 'Somewhere above poor but below rich' : explorations into the species of the African middle class(es) / Henning Melber
  • African middle classes : lessons from transnational studies and a research agenda / Carola Lentz
  • Human development and the construction of middle classes in the global south / Tim Stoffel
  • Africa's middle class, Africa's entrepreneurs and the 'missing middle' / Oluyele Akinkugbe and Karl Wohlmuth
  • Deconstructing the myth of the African middle class / Sirkku K. Hellsten
  • Kenya: an unconscious middle class? : between regional-ethnic political mobilization and middle class lifestyles / Dieter Neubert
  • Middle class activism in Nigeria : from nationalist struggle to social media campaign / Nkwachukwu Orji
  • Emerging middle class political subjectivities in post-war Angola / Jon Schubert
  • The middle class of Mozambique and the politics of the blank slate / Jason Sumich
  • South Africa's black middle class professionals / Amuzweni L. Ngoma
  • The middle class of Dar es Salaam and Kiswahili video-Films / Vicensia Shule
  • How much class have the African middle classes? / Henning Melber.