South Africa's emerging black middle class: A harbinger of political change?

Journal of International Development

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 665-692

  Mattes, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Democracy; Middle class; Political participation; South Africa; Survey research; Voting behaviour

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; CLASS; COLLECTIVE ACTION; DEMOCRACY; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84942896506     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.3100     Document Type: Article

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