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Book Review: The Rise of Africa's Middle Class: Myths, Realities and Critical Engagements

Book Review: The Rise of Africa's Middle Class: Myths, Realities and Critical Engagements

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Book Review: The Rise of Africa's Middle Class: Myths, Realities and Critical Engagements

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Book Review: The Rise of Africa's Middle Class: Myths, Realities and Critical Engagements

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Journal title

The Journal of modern African studies, 2018, Vol.56 (1), p.186

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English

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

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Reviews Over the last decade, economic growth and higher incomes have led influential intergovernmental commentators (such as the African Development Bank) and numerous media outlets to claim that there is an expanding middle class in Sub-Saharan Africa. [...]the book does not sufficiently demonstrate the social processes of differentiation and fal...

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Book Review: The Rise of Africa's Middle Class: Myths, Realities and Critical Engagements

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2011605604

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2011605604

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ISSN

0022-278X

E-ISSN

1469-7777

DOI

10.1017/S0022278X17000611

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