Class, Elite, and Community in African Development
Title | Class, Elite, and Community in African Development PDF eBook |
Author | Alpheus Manghezi |
Publisher | Uppsala : Scandinavian Institute of African Studies ; [Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell international, distr.] |
Pages | 124 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Community development |
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Collection of essays on modernization and community development in Africa - discusses the relationship between social class, elites, social conflicts and underdevelopment, and presents a critical analysis of conservative social theory, social sciences and methodology. Bibliography pp. 117 and 118, and references.
Middle Classes in Africa
Title | Middle Classes in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Lena Kroeker |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 381 |
Release | 2018-02-19 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 3319621483 |
This volume challenges the concept of the ‘new African middle class’ with new theoretical and empirical insights into the changing lives in Sub-Saharan Africa. Diverse middle classes are on the rise, but models of class based on experiences from other regions of the world cannot be easily transferred to the African continent. Empirical contributions, drawn from a diverse range of contexts, address both African histories of class formation and the political roles of the continent’s middle classes, and also examine the important interdependencies that cut across inter-generational, urban-rural and class divides. This thought-provoking book argues emphatically for a revision of common notions of the 'middle class', and for the inclusion of insights 'from the South' into the global debate on class. Middle Classes in Africa will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, as well as NGOs and policy makers with an interest in African societies.
Philosophy and African Development
Title | Philosophy and African Development PDF eBook |
Author | L. D. Keita |
Publisher | African Books Collective |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 2869783264 |
Philosophy and African Development: Theory and Practice appraises development in a holistic manner. It goes beyond the usual measurement in terms of economic achievement and widens the scope to include the impact that history of ideas, political theory, sociology, social and political philosophy, and political economy have had on development in Africa. It is a departure from the traditional treatment of development by economists who point towards the so-called time-tested assertions and recommendations for 'sustainable development', but which are yet bring about significant change in the economies of the so-called 'developing' societies. It is on account of the failures of the economic development theory, with its tepid prescriptions for 'sustainable development' and 'poverty reduction' that theories of development have now been expanded from mere economic analysis to include considerations of history, sociology, political economy and anthropology, as could be discovered in this book. Most of the contributions in this book have been prepared by philosophers across Africa and the United States who implicitly practise their discipline as one whose most effective modern function would be to appraise the human experience in all its dimensions from the standpoints of modern social and natural sciences, all disciplinary offspring of philosophy itself. With chapters ranging from issues of modernity and religious interpretations, the human right to development, the idea of 'African time', the primacy of mental decolonisation, and the type of education we are offering in Africa today and as a tool for development, to development planning, science, technology and globalisation, as well as issues of post coloniality among others, the tenor of the contributions is not only proportional, but also engaged in the meta-analysis of the theories on which the concept of development is founded and practised. This book is strongly recommended as a useful text in the hands of scholars, researchers and students of development studies. It approaches the important issue of African development from the broad perspective of the social sciences in general, and buttresses this with the keen analytical approach of its contributors.
The New Elites of Tropical Africa
Title | The New Elites of Tropical Africa PDF eBook |
Author | P. C. Lloyd |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2018-09-03 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0429956959 |
Originally published in 1966, this book brings together papers dealing with the emergence and development of elites in sub-Saharan Africa among social categories ranging from farmers and women market traders through foremen and merchants to administrators and managers in government and industry. The authors analyse distinctive social characteristics and attitudes and the development of class consciousness.
The Rise of Africa's Middle Class
Title | The Rise of Africa's Middle Class PDF eBook |
Author | Henning Melber |
Publisher | Zed Books Ltd. |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 2016-12-15 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1783607165 |
Across Africa, a burgeoning middle class has become the poster child for the 'Africa rising' narrative. Ambitious, aspirational and increasingly affluent, this group is said to embody the values and hopes of the new Africa, with international bodies ranging from the United Nations Development Programme to the World Bank regarding them as important agents of both economic development and democratic change. This narrative, however, obscures the complex and often ambiguous role that this group actually plays in African societies. Bringing together economists, political scientists, anthropologists and development experts, and spanning a variety of case studies from across the continent, this collection provides a much-needed corrective to the received wisdom within development circles, and provides a fresh perspective on social transformations in contemporary Africa.
Social Stratification in Africa
Title | Social Stratification in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Tuden |
Publisher | New York : The Free Press ; London : Collier-Macmillan |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Social Science |
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Class Struggle in Africa
Title | Class Struggle in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Kwame Nkrumah |
Publisher | New York : International Publishers |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Social Science |
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