The Middle Class in Mozambique : The State and the Politics of Transformation in Southern Africa
by
Jason Sumich
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
The International African Library
ISBN-10
1108460712
ISBN-13
9781108460712
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 24th, 2020
Print length
191 Pages
Weight
290 grams
Dimensions
15.30 x 22.80 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Social classesPolitics & government
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The growth of a middle class has been a feature of the 'Africa Rising' narrative in recent years. Sumich sheds new light on this important topic by exploring the political, economic, and social origins of a middle class in Mozambique and the contradictions it faces.
In recent years, the growth of a middle class has been a key feature of the ''Africa Rising'' narrative. Here, Sumich explores the formation of this middle class in Mozambique, answering questions about the basis of the class system and the social order that gives rise to it. Drawing extensively on his fieldwork, Sumich argues that power and status in dominant party states like Mozambique derives more from the ability to access resources, rather than from direct control of the means of production. By considering the role of the state, he shows how the Mozambican middle class can both be bound to a system they benefit from and alienated from it at the same time, as well as exploring the ways in which the middle classes attempt to reproduce their positions of privilege and highlighting the deep uncertain future that they face.
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