Africa and the Middle Class(es)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2303286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henning Melber (0000-0001-8439-8148, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation in Uppsala, Sweden, and extraordinary professor at the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria and the Centre for Africa Studies/University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 111-120 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa Spectrum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0397 • E-ISSN: 1868-6869 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000203971304800306 |
| OpenAlex | W2097396644 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 10 |
United Nations Development Programme (2013), The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World, Human Development Report 2013, New York: United Nations Development Programme, ISBN 978-92-1-126340-4, 203 pp
Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Human development (humanity · Human Development Report · Middle class · Political science · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Introduction
The rise of Africa’s middle class
The Narrative of ‘the African Middle Class’ and Its Conceptual Limitations
Just sustainabilities
Electoral Politics in Africa since 1990
The uneasy boundary work of ‘coconuts’ and ‘black diamonds’
Africa’s Legends
Where and What (for) is the Middle? Africa and the Middle Class(es)
Africa
Perceptions of social class in Africa. Results from a conjoint experiment
What’s in the middle”
(Middle-) Class analysis in Africa
The African middle class(es) – in the middle of what
African middle classness, politics and protest
Social protest and the middle class in Ghana
Education and politics
Powering sub-Saharan Africa’s urban revolution
Reconsidering the entrepreneurial city in an African context
The Poverty of the 'Middle Classing' of Development
Property, Institutions, and Social Stratification in Africa
Waiting and political transitions
The Evolution of the Middle Class During Nearly Two Decades of Democracy in South Africa
The black middle class and democracy in South Africa
Building Classes
Africa's Middle Classes
Doing being middle-class in the global South
Changes to Urban Society in Angola
| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |