South Africa's Emerging Black Middle Class: A Harbinger of Political Change?

dc.contributor.authorMattes, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-12T07:42:39Z
dc.date.available2016-05-12T07:42:39Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.updated2016-05-12T07:39:39Z
dc.description.abstractSouth Africa has seen a significant increase in the size of the black middle class in the post-apartheid period, but the attitudinal consequences of indicators of the middle class, as of 2011, are inconsistent and modest in size. While members of the middle class are no more likely to hold democratic values than other black South Africans, they are more likely to want government to secure higher order, rather than basic, survival needs. They are less likely to identify with the governing African National Congress, turn out to vote, or voice their concerns by contacting officials or joining collective action. At the same time, intra-racial differences between middle class black respondents, on one hand, and middle class white, coloured and Indian respondents, on the other, are still substantial.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMattes, R. (2015). <i>South Africa's Emerging Black Middle Class: A Harbinger of Political Change?</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19614en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMattes, Robert <i>South Africa's Emerging Black Middle Class: A Harbinger of Political Change?.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19614en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMattes, R. (2015). South Africa's Emerging Black Middle Class: A Harbinger of Political Change?. Journal of International Development, 27(5), 665-692.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper AU - Mattes, Robert AB - South Africa has seen a significant increase in the size of the black middle class in the post-apartheid period, but the attitudinal consequences of indicators of the middle class, as of 2011, are inconsistent and modest in size. While members of the middle class are no more likely to hold democratic values than other black South Africans, they are more likely to want government to secure higher order, rather than basic, survival needs. They are less likely to identify with the governing African National Congress, turn out to vote, or voice their concerns by contacting officials or joining collective action. At the same time, intra-racial differences between middle class black respondents, on one hand, and middle class white, coloured and Indian respondents, on the other, are still substantial. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - South Africa's Emerging Black Middle Class: A Harbinger of Political Change? TI - South Africa's Emerging Black Middle Class: A Harbinger of Political Change? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19614 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMattes R. South Africa's Emerging Black Middle Class: A Harbinger of Political Change?. 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19614en_ZA
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dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Social Science Research(CSSR)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
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