Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 506 g
Reihe: Frontiers of Globalization
Changing Lives and Conceptual Challenges
Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 506 g
Reihe: Frontiers of Globalization
ISBN: 978-3-030-09674-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
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.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Globalisierung
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaften einzelner Länder und Regionen
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
Weitere Infos & Material
1. Introduction: Africa’s Middle Classes in Critical Perspective; Tabea Scharrer, David O’Kane and Lena Kroeker .- Section 1: Rethinking Concepts of Middle Classes in Africa.- 2. Turning the Poor into Something More Inspiring: The Creation of the African Middle Class Controversy; Dominique Darbon .- 3. The Narrative of ‘the African Middle Class’ and its Conceptual Limitations; Dieter Neubert and Florian Stoll.- 4. Anthropology and Class in Africa: Challenges of the Past and Present.- Section 2: The Recurring Rise and Return of Middle Classes in Africa; David O’Kane and Tabea Scharrer.- 5. The Ghanaian Middle Class, Social Stratification, and Long-Term Dynamics of Upward and Downward Mobility of Lawyers and Teachers; Jan Budniok and Andrea Noll .- 6. The Nubians of Kibera ‘Revisited’: Detribalized Natives, Slum Dwellers, Middle class?; Johanna Sarre .- 7. Saving and Serving the Nation: HIV Politics and the Emergence of New Professional Classes in Botswana; Astrid Bochow .- Section 3:The Political Consequences of the Middle Classes.-8. Propertied Citizenship in a Township and Suburb in Johannesburg; Barbara Heer .- 9. Thinking Sierra Leone and Building a New Middle Class: Political Expression and Political Values at the University of Makeni; David O’Kane .- 10. African Middle Classes: Formation and Destabilizing Effects.- Section 4: Formation of Social Interconnections and Interdependencies; Jason Musyoka .- 11. Pathways into the Middle: Rites of Passage and Emerging Middle Classes in Namibia; Julia Pauli .- 12. Middle Class Approaches to Social Security in Kenya; Lena Kroeker .- 13. Middle Classes and ‘Moderate Prosperity’ in Rural Madagascar; Tsiry Andrianampiarivo .- 14. Afterword. The (Idea of) African Middle Classes: Theorizing from Africa; Rachel Spronk.