Multiple meanings of the middle class in Soweto, South Africa
SOURCE: African Sociological Review
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2011
TITLE AUTHOR(S): M.Phadi, C.Ceruti
KEYWORDS: IDENTITY, MIDDLE CLASS, SOWETO
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9948
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/11225
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/11225
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2011
TITLE AUTHOR(S): M.Phadi, C.Ceruti
KEYWORDS: IDENTITY, MIDDLE CLASS, SOWETO
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9948
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/11225
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/11225
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Abstract
This study investigated the meanings of middle class amongst those who label themselves middle class. 2559 people were surveyed in Soweto, South Africa biggest township. The study revealed that a diverse number of people call themselves middle class and defined class in terms of ability to afford basic goods. The label middle class seems also to denote self-sufficiency, responsibility and social mobility The paper concludes that studies of the middle class does not seen to focus on how social location affects the scope of people's social world and their range of comparison.-
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