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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"petty bourgeoisie"”.
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Agricultural crisis and rural organisation in the Cape : 1929-1933
… is discussed. It is argued that the conservative petty bourgeoisie dominated the organisation for much of the time, but that more militant positions were adopted on a few rare occasions. The second chapter endeavours to show that the transition to capitalist agriculture had been completed in the …
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The notions of ‘Zulu tribe’ and ‘Zulu nation’ and their use towards national political aspirations in South Africa
… missionaries, the leaders of the African petty bourgeoisie, the Zulu royal family and individual novelists to serve their own ends. Such people have had their own reasons to manipulate the concepts for their advantage. The study discusses that King Shaka became a potent symbol around which …
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Migrant labour remittances : the developmental cycle and rural differentiation in a Lesotho community
… bureaucracy, which together form an incipient petty bourgeoisie, demonstrates the effect of class formation at the local level. Remittances are seen to form the basis for economic activity which occurs in rural Lesotho communities. Agriculture, for example, is found to have as much a …
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Mission christianity and the social gospel in Langa : a socio-political and cultural history, ca.1927-1960
… define a strikingly conservative, integrated and petty bourgeois-orientated township. The strength and influence of the ""respectable"" churches, the staunch, churchgoing petty bourgeoisie and their respective Christian-based cultural, educational and civic organisations, proved crucial in this …
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Getting by in Urban China Sociality, gender and political identity among migrant petty entrepreneurs
… are unfavourable for these non-local petty entrepreneurs. By exploring the ways vendors (mainly men) make connections with local hooligans, grassroots government/local institutions as well as amongst themselves and with the other gender, this thesis argues that local terms such as hun …
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Getting by in Urban China Sociality, gender and political identity among migrant petty entrepreneurs
… are unfavourable for these non-local petty entrepreneurs. By exploring the ways vendors (mainly men) make connections with local hooligans, grassroots government/local institutions as well as amongst themselves and with the other gender, this thesis argues that local terms such as hun …
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The political economy of crisis in the Sudan 1973-1985
… of the religious and tribal aristocracy, the bourgeoisie and the military and civilian bureaucracy. The thesis argues that the crisis of the post-colonial state is a crisis of hegemony. The failure of the dominant power bloc, a fraction or a class of it to establish its hegemony is the main …
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The People's Republic of Capitalism: The Making of the New Middle Class in Post-Socialist China, 1978-Present
… dependent on the national and transnational bourgeoisie and the post-socialist party-state. In Part II (Chapters 2-5), I focus on the relationship among fashion, media, and Chinese consumer culture in the socialist and post-socialist eras. By engaging with films such as Xie Tieli's Never …