(Con)Formations of inequality in the emergent non-racial democracy of South Africa : the relationship between economic well-being and attitude to race
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2006
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This research investigates the relationship between economic well-being and attitudes to race amongst its respondents who took part in a survey known as the Cape Area Study (CAS) in 2005. In this inquiry, economic well-being is measured in two ways, by (household) income level and living conditions, the latter by means of a Living Coalitions Index (LCI), created by the author. The degree to which these two measures are able to explain variability in attitudes to race in the respondent sample is investigated. The specific aspect of attitude to race focused upon in this investigation is amenability to racial integration, and is measured by means of the Amenability to Racial Integration Index (ARII), also constructed by the author. Aside from the chief explanatory element of economic well-being, the degree of influence of other factors on attitude to race such as gender, age, education and employment status are also explored.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves [117]-124).
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Berk, A. 2006. (Con)Formations of inequality in the emergent non-racial democracy of South Africa : the relationship between economic well-being and attitude to race. University of Cape Town.