The African middle class(es) – in the middle of what?

Henning Melber

Review of African Political Economy, 2017, vol. 44, issue 151, 142-154

Abstract: This Briefing/Debate article critically engages with the middle class phenomenon, which emerged as a prominent focus in Development Studies a decade ago and has more recently also become the subject of more informed African Studies, adding necessary and more nuanced analysis.1 It critically examines the background and assumptions of the debate, pointing out the lack of class analysis, and suggests that the current focus still partly distracts from the underlying issues.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2016.1245183

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