Deindustrialization, Professionalization and Racial Inequality in Cape Town
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6404202 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Owen Crankshaw (0000-0002-9006-5005, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 836-862 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Affairs Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1078087412451427 |
| OpenAlex | W2139688795 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 37 |
Scholars argue that persistent racial inequality in Cape Town is caused by deindustrialization, which has led to high unemployment among blacks (Africans, coloreds and Indians) and the polarization of the occupational structure into a class of mostly white, highly paid managers and professionals and a class of mostly black, low-paid service-sector workers. This study shows that deindustrialization has not produced a large class of black low-wage service-sector workers. Instead, it has produced a professionalizing occupational structure alongside high unemployment. Although whites benefited from the growth of the professional and managerial jobs, these occupations have been substantially deracialized. The consequence for the racial geography of Cape Town is that the city is becoming divided into racially mixed middle-class neighborhoods and black working-class neighborhoods characterized by high unemployment
Cape · Deindustrialization · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Inequality · Labour economics · Middle class · Political science · Politics · Racism · Sociology · Tertiary sector of the economy · Unemployment · Working class · Gender Studies · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Unique citing works | 28 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,33 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 28 |