Inequality, Socio-cultural Differentiation and Social Structures in Africa - Beyond Class (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

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 social security, and even the older debate on class in Africa, have provided evidence that class concepts do not apply; yet these findings have mostly been ignored. For an analysis of the social structures and persisting extreme inequality in African societies - and in other societies of the world - we need to go beyond class, consider the empirical realities and provincialise our conventional theories. This book develops a new framework for the analysis of social structure based on empirical findings and more nuanced approaches, including livelihood analysis and intersectionality, and will be useful for students and scholars in African studies and development studies, sociology, social anthropology, political science and geography.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Frontiers of Globalization
Release date:	July 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Dieter Neubert
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	433
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-017110-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Equal opportunities Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-017110-8
Barcode:	9783030171100

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