Jason Sumich

Broschiertes Buch

The Middle Class in Mozambique

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Jason Sumich is a Senior Research Fellow for the Institute of African Affairs at the German Institute of Global Area Studies (GIGA, Hamburg). He is a political anthropologist who works on issues of class formation, the state, hegemony, citizenship and the politics of enclaving in southern Africa, primarily Mozambique. He holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science (2006) and a M.A. from the University of Cape Town (2001). His current research explores new forms of urban governance and control as a member of the project, 'Enclaving: Patterns of Global Futures in Three African Cities' funded by the Research Council of Norway.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 287g
• ISBN-13: 9781108460712
• ISBN-10: 1108460712
• Artikelnr.: 59991105