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| Other authors / contributors: | Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.
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| ISBN: | 9781847011435
1847011438
9781431423163
1431423165
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| Notes: | " ... examines class formation under the ANC, education and black upward social mobility, the black middle class at work and in social life, and its political role in the post-apartheid era."--Jacket.
Published in association with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-286) and index.
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| Summary: | "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 and structure of the new black middle class in contemporary South Africa and its relation to its counterparts in the Global South." -- Publisher's description
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