Inequality, Socio-cultural Differentiation and Social Structures in Africa Beyond Class /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Neubert, Dieter (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Frontiers of Globalization
• Θέματα: Social structure.; Social inequality.; Ethnology-Africa.; Culture.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; African Culture.; Sociology of Culture.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.