The Rise of Africa's Middle Class : Myths, Realities and Critical Engagements /: Myths, Realities and Critical Engagements. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Henning Melber.
• Editors: Melber, Henning
• Contents: 'Somewhere above Poor but below Rich': Explorations into the Species of the African Middle Class(es) - Henning Melber 1. African Middle Classes: Lessons from Transnational Studies and a Research Agenda - Carola Lentz 2. Human Development and the Construction of Middle Classes in the Global South - Tim Stoffel 3. Africa's Middle Class, Africa's Entrepreneurs and the 'Missing Middle' - Oluyele Akinkugbe and Karl Wohlmuth 4. Deconstructing the Myth of the African Middle Class - Sirkku K. Hellsten 5. Kenya – An Unconscious Middle Class? Between Regional-Ethnic Political Mobilisation and Middle Class Lifestyles - Dieter Neubert 6. Middle Class Activism in Nigeria: From Nationalist Struggle to Social Media Campaign - Nkwachukwu Orji 7. Emerging Middle Class Political Subjectivities in Post-war Angola - Jon Schubert 8. The Middle Class of Mozambique and the Politics of the Blank Slate - Jason Sumich 9. South Africa's Black Middle Class Professionals - Amuzweni L. Ngoma 10. The Middle Class of Dar es Salaam and Kiswahili Video-Films - Vicensia Shule Conclusion: How Much Class Have the African Middle Classes? - Henning Melber.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (232 pages)
• Subjects: Politics & government; Development economics & emerging economies; Business & Economics -- Development -- General; Development studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783607167; 1783607165
• Related ISBNs: 9781783607136
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