Flight and fortitude
The decline of the middle class in Zimbabwe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2103549 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Southall (0000-0001-5635-9096, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 529-547 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0001972020000078 |
| OpenAlex | W3026260681 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 18 |
This article focuses on the impact of the policies of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) government on Zimbabwe's black middle class. It does so by exploring three propositions emerging from the academic literature. The first is that during the early years of independence, the middle class transformed into a party-aligned bourgeoisie. The second is that, to the extent that the middle class has not left the country as a result of the economic plunge from the 1990s, it played a formative role in opposition to ZANU-PF and the political elite. The third is that, in the face of ZANU-PF's authoritarianism and economic hardship, the middle class has largely withdrawn from the political arena
Authoritarianism · Bourgeoisie · Democracy · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Elite · Formative assessment · Independence (probability theory · Middle class · Opposition (politics · Petite bourgeoisie · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Law
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |