TY  - BOOK
AU  - Henning, Melber.
TI  - The Rise of Africa's Middle Class
SN  - 9781783607136
U1  - 305.5/5096RIS 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London
PB  - Zed Books
KW  - Africa
N2  - Across Africa the narrative of ?Africa rising? has taken root in a burgeoning middle class. Ambitious and increasingly affluent, this group symbolizes the values and hopes of the new Africa, and they are regarded as important agents of both economic development and democratic change. This narrative, however, obscures the complex and often ambiguous role that this group actually plays in African societies. The Rise of Africa?s Middle Class brings together a diverse range of economists, political scientists, and development experts to provide a much needed corrective, overturning the received wisdom within development circles and providing a fresh new perspective on social transformations in contemporary Africa
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