Add to ORKGWhat can comparative perspectives from the global south tell us about the meteoric rise of the new middle class? They suggest that we should be wary of purely quantitative/objective characterisations, taking subjective forms of identity more seriously. This 2-day workshop, which includes position papers, short presentations and intensive small-group discussions of key texts, crafts the opportunity for African scholars to take ownership of the middle class conversation, in dialogue with those working on the topic from elsewhere
In this farewell lecture on the occasion of his departure as Professor of Development in sub-Sahar...
While South Africa has seen a significant increase in the post-apartheid period in the size of the B...
On April 20th, 2017, the workshop ‘Global South Perspectives’ was held, organized by the research gr...
"Across Africa, a burgeoning middle class has become the poster child for the 'Africa rising' narrat...
This concluding chapter engages with the individual contributions to this volume and shows how they ...
What are the experiences of the African middle classes, and what do their experiences tell us about ...
20. April 2017 Room 1312, AAB, Hong Kong Baptist University Keynote speaker: Matthew M. Chew Europe’...
Middle classes in Africa are an elusive reality. On the one hand there are clear signs in a number o...
Africa's middle class has become a central protagonist in the development discourse. Beyond providin...
The Wakanda Workshop: a graduate student organized session Building Wakanda: Graduate students envis...
South Africa is one of the world’s most unequal societies. Social disparities provoke massive social...
Class categorisation should not only be informed by academic pursuits but by the lived experiences o...
Since the early 21st century, the middle classes of the Global South became a focus of attention. Ho...
African development has long been described as behind or below that of 'advanced', 'First World', in...
Davis's tentative postulation about the subjecthood of the new middle class is appropriate, as there...
In this farewell lecture on the occasion of his departure as Professor of Development in sub-Sahar...
While South Africa has seen a significant increase in the post-apartheid period in the size of the B...
On April 20th, 2017, the workshop ‘Global South Perspectives’ was held, organized by the research gr...
"Across Africa, a burgeoning middle class has become the poster child for the 'Africa rising' narrat...
This concluding chapter engages with the individual contributions to this volume and shows how they ...
What are the experiences of the African middle classes, and what do their experiences tell us about ...
20. April 2017 Room 1312, AAB, Hong Kong Baptist University Keynote speaker: Matthew M. Chew Europe’...
Middle classes in Africa are an elusive reality. On the one hand there are clear signs in a number o...
Africa's middle class has become a central protagonist in the development discourse. Beyond providin...
The Wakanda Workshop: a graduate student organized session Building Wakanda: Graduate students envis...
South Africa is one of the world’s most unequal societies. Social disparities provoke massive social...
Class categorisation should not only be informed by academic pursuits but by the lived experiences o...
Since the early 21st century, the middle classes of the Global South became a focus of attention. Ho...
African development has long been described as behind or below that of 'advanced', 'First World', in...
Davis's tentative postulation about the subjecthood of the new middle class is appropriate, as there...
In this farewell lecture on the occasion of his departure as Professor of Development in sub-Sahar...
While South Africa has seen a significant increase in the post-apartheid period in the size of the B...
On April 20th, 2017, the workshop ‘Global South Perspectives’ was held, organized by the research gr...