عنوان

Inequality, Socio-cultural Differentiation and Social Structures in Africa :

(Number (ISBN

3030171116

(Number (ISBN

9783030171117

Erroneous ISBN

9783030171100

Title Proper

Inequality, Socio-cultural Differentiation and Social Structures in Africa :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

Beyond Class /

First Statement of Responsibility

Dieter Neubert.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cham, Switzerland :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Macmillan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2019]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xi, 433 pages) :

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illustrations (some color)

Series Title

Frontiers of globalization

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

1. Introduction: The Middle Class Debate and Its Limits -- 2. Poverty and Inequality in Development Policy: Concepts of Poverty, Vulnerability and Livelihood -- 3. Class and Capitalism in the Global South: A Perspective on Africa -- 4. Elements of Socio-Cultural Positioning in Africa -- 5. Patterns of Individual Social Positioning: Gender, Age and Disability -- 6. Risks and Aspirations: Strategies for Coping with Uncertainty -- 7. Extended Concepts of Social Positioning -- 8. A New Framework for the Analysis of Social Structures in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 9. Conclusion.

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This book contends that conventional class concepts are not able to adequately capture social inequality and socio-cultural differentiation in Africa. Earlier empirical findings concerning ethnicity, neo-traditional authorities, patron-client relations, lifestyles, gender, social networks, informal social security, and even the older debate on class in Africa, have provided evidence that class concepts do not apply; yet these findings have mostly been ignored. For an analysis of the social structures and persisting extreme inequality in African societies - and in other societies of the world - we need to go beyond class, consider the empirical realities and provincialise our conventional theories. This book develops a new framework for the analysis of social structure based on empirical findings and more nuanced approaches, including livelihood analysis and intersectionality, and will be useful for students and scholars in African studies and development studies, sociology, social anthropology, political science and geography.

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Springer Nature

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com.springer.onix.9783030171117

Title

Inequality, Socio-Cultural Differentiation and Social Structures in Africa : Beyond Class.

International Standard Book Number

9783030171100

Age-- Africa.

Culture.

Equality-- Africa.

Ethnicity-- Africa.

People with disabilities-- Africa.

Social classes-- Africa.

Women-- Africa.

Age.

Culture.

Equality.

Ethnicity.

People with disabilities.

Social classes.

Social conditions.

Women.

Africa, Social conditions, 21st century.

Africa.

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Neubert, Dieter

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20200823085325.0

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