The political economy of Africa's emergent middle class: Retrospect and prospects

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dc.creatorResnick, Danielle
dc.date2015-07-24
dc.date2024-08-01T02:51:45Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:51:45Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:18:19Z
dc.descriptionThis special issue introduction provides a historical perspective in order to contextualize the political economy of Africa's emergent middle class. In doing so, three overarching research questions are discussed to better understand the middle class' transformative potential. First, who constitute Africa's middle class and how has this concept changed over time? Second, what dynamics explain the growth of this group? Third, what are the implications of the middle class for good governance and pro‐poor policies? The contributions of each of the articles in the special issue to answering these specific questions for Africa's contemporary middle class are then briefly discussed. © 2015 The Authors. Journal of International Development published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150412
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/100565
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceResnick, Danielle. 2015. The political economy of Africa's emergent middle class: Retrospect and prospects. Journal of International Development 27(5): 573 - 587. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3110
dc.subjectpolitical economy
dc.subjecttransformation
dc.subjectmeasurement
dc.subjectdemocracy
dc.subjectmiddle classes
dc.titleThe political economy of Africa's emergent middle class: Retrospect and prospects
dc.typeJournal Article

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