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Development Southern Africa Volume 32, 2015 - Issue 1: South Africa's Emergent Middle Class
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What middle class? The shifting and dynamic nature of class position

Grace KhunouAssociate Professor, Sociology Department, University of Johannesburg, Cnr. Kingsway and University Road, Auckland Park, PO Box 524, Johannesburg2000, South Africa.Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 90-103 | Published online: 06 Dec 2014

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