Urban Inequality : Theory, Evidence and Method in Johannesburg
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Format
Hardback
Book Series
Politics and Society in Urban Africa
ISBN-10
1786998947
ISBN-13
9781786998941
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Zed Books Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 24th, 2022
Print length
232 Pages
Weight
502 grams
Dimensions
35.70 x 24.20 x 2.00 cms
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An examination of howpatterns of income, class and racial inequality in Johannesburg highlight howand why earnings and spatial inequality in cities are changing in differingways to the, commonly-accepted, social polarisation hypothesis.
Based on new evidence that challenges existing theories of urban inequality, Crankshaw argues that the changing pattern of earnings and occupational inequality in Johannesburg is better described by the professionalism of employment alongside high-levels of chronic unemployment.
Central to this examination is that the social polarisation hypothesis, which is accepted by many, is simply wrong in the case of Johannesburg. Ultimately, Crankshaw posits that the post-Fordist, post-apartheid period is characterised by a completely new division of labour that has caused new forms of racial inequality. That racial inequality in the post-apartheid period is not the result of the persistence of apartheid-era causes, but is the result of new causes that have interacted with the historical effects of apartheid to produce new patterns of racial inequality.
Central to this examination is that the social polarisation hypothesis, which is accepted by many, is simply wrong in the case of Johannesburg. Ultimately, Crankshaw posits that the post-Fordist, post-apartheid period is characterised by a completely new division of labour that has caused new forms of racial inequality. That racial inequality in the post-apartheid period is not the result of the persistence of apartheid-era causes, but is the result of new causes that have interacted with the historical effects of apartheid to produce new patterns of racial inequality.
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