South Africa is one of the world’s most unequal societies. Social disparities provoke massive social protests, considered to be among the most frequent worldwide. Some of these are class-based, and members of the middle class are often perceived as part or even at the core of such initiatives. However, neither in South Africa nor in other cases is it clear how stratification – and middle-class positions in particular – relate to and translate into protest and political goals for social change. Against this backdrop, a conference on middle classes and protest, which took place from 17 to 21 March 2017 at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), explored and discussed how middle classes and social protest are linked in African s...
Abstract: This paper draws from research that applied Systems Thinking to the development of suitabl...
Over the past fifteen years there has been an increase in the number of protest movements globally. ...
"Across Africa, a burgeoning middle class has become the poster child for the 'Africa rising' narrat...
Südafrika gehört zu den Ländern mit dem weltweit höchsten Grad an Ungleichheit. Soziale Gegensätze p...
South Africa is one of the world’s most unequal societies. Social disparities provoke massive social...
International audienceHighlights the continuing social unrest and public protest occurring in South ...
While South Africa has seen a significant increase in the post-apartheid period in the size of the B...
This chapter examines changing social attitudes in post-apartheid South Africa, asking whether the A...
MA (Peace Studies), North-West University, Mafikeng CampusThe objectives of the study were to determ...
Political protests have visibly increased in frequency and intensity in South Africa in recent years...
South Africa has seen a significant increase in the size of the black middle class in the post-apart...
This article focuses on providing new insights into the nature of public opinion about protest actio...
What role does horizontal social inequality play for political protest in middle-income countries? W...
Over the past fifteen years there has been an increase in the number of protest movements globally. ...
What are the experiences of the African middle classes, and what do their experiences tell us about ...
Abstract: This paper draws from research that applied Systems Thinking to the development of suitabl...
Over the past fifteen years there has been an increase in the number of protest movements globally. ...
"Across Africa, a burgeoning middle class has become the poster child for the 'Africa rising' narrat...
Südafrika gehört zu den Ländern mit dem weltweit höchsten Grad an Ungleichheit. Soziale Gegensätze p...
South Africa is one of the world’s most unequal societies. Social disparities provoke massive social...
International audienceHighlights the continuing social unrest and public protest occurring in South ...
While South Africa has seen a significant increase in the post-apartheid period in the size of the B...
This chapter examines changing social attitudes in post-apartheid South Africa, asking whether the A...
MA (Peace Studies), North-West University, Mafikeng CampusThe objectives of the study were to determ...
Political protests have visibly increased in frequency and intensity in South Africa in recent years...
South Africa has seen a significant increase in the size of the black middle class in the post-apart...
This article focuses on providing new insights into the nature of public opinion about protest actio...
What role does horizontal social inequality play for political protest in middle-income countries? W...
Over the past fifteen years there has been an increase in the number of protest movements globally. ...
What are the experiences of the African middle classes, and what do their experiences tell us about ...
Abstract: This paper draws from research that applied Systems Thinking to the development of suitabl...
Over the past fifteen years there has been an increase in the number of protest movements globally. ...
"Across Africa, a burgeoning middle class has become the poster child for the 'Africa rising' narrat...