The New Black Middle Class in South Africa By Roger Southall Hardcover 1847011438 9781847011435 The New Black Middle Class in South Africa Provides the most comprehensive account since the early 1960s of South Africas black middle class. 2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title The rise of the black middle class is one of the most visible aspects of post apartheid society in South Africa. Yet while it has been a major actor in the countrys democratic reshaping, analysis of its role has been all but lacking. Rather, the image presented by the media has been of black diamonds, consumers of the products of advanced industrial economies, and of corrupt tenderpreneurs who use their political connections to obtain contracts. This book seeks to complicate that picture with a much needed analysis that recounts its historical development in colonial society prior to 1994, before examining the size, shape andstructure of the new black middle class in contemporary South Africa and its relation to its counterparts in the Global South. Roger Southall is Professor Emeritus in Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand. Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Swaziland): Jacana

Provides the most comprehensive account since the early 1960s of South Africa s black middle class 2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title The rise of the black middle class is one of the most visible aspects of post apartheid society in South Africa Yet while it has been a major actor in the country s democratic reshaping analysis of its role has been all but lacking Rather the image presented by the media has been of black diamonds consumers of the products of advanced industrial economies and of corrupt tenderpreneurs who use their political connections to obtain contracts This book seeks to complicate that picture with a much needed analysis that recounts its historical development in colonial society prior to 1994 before examining the size shape andstructure of the new black middle class in contemporary South Africa and its relation to its counterparts in the Global South Roger Southall is Professor Emeritus in Sociology University of the Witwatersrand Southern Africa South Africa Namibia Botswana Lesotho Zimbabwe and Swaziland Jacana The New Black Middle Class in South AfricaThe New Black Middle Class in South Africa by Roger Southall is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in mid July. Southall s research is inspired by Leo Kuper s findings in An African Bourgeoisie Race Class and Politics in South Africa during the 1950s and 1960s Where Kuper relies on quantitative surveys and charts Southall goes the extra mile with qualitative interviews to discover capitalist managerial service class structures the changeover from local small business stores to mass market vendors that offer cheaper goods the concept of black diamonds members of the middle class who make purchase decisions based around visual opulence and advanced technology specifically cellphones and the onset of conspicuous consumption over the top lifestyles and near priceless yet superfluous public shows of purchase power Southall also packs information into his strongly incorporated chapters and creates propositions to improve the future of the middle class 317

The New Black Middle Class in South Africa By Roger Southall

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