From spray-painted slogans in Senegal to student uprisings in South
Africa, twenty-first century Africa has seen an explosion of
protests and social movements. But why? Protests flourish amidst an
emerging middle class whose members desire political influence and
possess the money, education, and political autonomy to effectively
launch movements for democratic renewal. In contrast with
pro-democracy protest leaders, rank-and-file protesters live at a
subsistence level and are motivated by material concerns over any
grievance against a ruling regime. Through extensive field
research, Lisa Mueller shows that middle-class political grievances
help explain the timing of protests, while lower-class material
grievances explain the participation. By adapting a class-based
analysis to African cases where class is often assumed to be
irrelevant, Lisa Mueller provides a rigorous yet accessible
explanation for why sub-Saharan Africa erupted in unrest at a time
of apparent economic prosperity.
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