Racialized social class work: Making sense of inequality in South Africa during the COVID-19 lockdown

Hoobler, Jenny M.; Dowdeswell, Kim; Mahlatji, Lerato

doi:10.1080/23322373.2021.1878812

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“…Race has also been shown to play a significant role in the variation between subjective and objective class positions in South Africa (Burger et al 2015;Posel and Casale 2011;Seekings 2007). This should be of no surprise since the legacy of colonialism and apartheid still lingers in South Africa and has had a major impact on class and status stratification dynamics (Seekings and Nattrass 2008), with inequality still having a strong racial undertone 1 (Hoobler, Dowdeswell, and Mahlatji 2021).…”

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Determinants of Bias Perceptions in South Africa: The Case of A Highly Unequal Society

Kirsten

Biyase

Pretorius

et al. 2023

Sociological Inquiry

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While objective class dynamics have received much attention in South Africa, less is known about the subjective social positions individuals place themselves in. For example, in a highly unequal society like South Africa, some individuals would overestimate (inflate) or underestimate (deflate) their social position compared to their objective class position. This paper aims to provide further information on status inconsistency in South Africa by assessing some of the socioeconomic determinants of bias perceptions. Using International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) data and a multinomial probit model, the results show that education and race play a significant role in influencing the biased perceptions of individuals in South Africa. For example, individuals with higher education levels have a stronger tendency to deflate their social position, while Coloreds, Indians/Asians, and whites tend to inflate their social positions more than Africans. The results indicate the vital role of race and education in determining status inconsistencies in a society that is still suffering from high levels of racial and education inequality due to the lingering legacy of apartheid. The results provide a better understanding to policymakers and government on the dynamics behind social status perceptions in South Africa.

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Section: Empirical Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Determinants of Bias Perceptions in South Africa: The Case of A Highly Unequal Society

Kirsten

Biyase

Pretorius

et al. 2023

Sociological Inquiry

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Precarious Work in the Gig Economy

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Diversity and Precarious Work During Socio-Economic Upheaval

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Land and the limits of liberal legalism: property, transitional justice and non-reformist reforms in post-apartheid South Africa

Evans

2021

Review of African Political Economy

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SUMMARY Critical scholarship on transitional justice, in Africa and globally, has drawn attention both to limits of liberalism and legalism (such as inattention to structural injustices) and to normatively more expansive – transformative, and even revolutionary – approaches to justice. Focusing particularly on South Africa, this debate piece considers the roles of liberal property relations and conceptions of the rule of law in producing and maintaining injustices related to land and property in (post-)transitional societies in Africa and beyond. Moreover, the extent to which transitional justice might contribute to revolutionary aspirations of overcoming capitalist social and economic relations (as espoused, at least rhetorically, by liberation movements throughout Africa) is considered. It is suggested that while this is unlikely, non-reformist reforms offer one avenue by which more expansive (transformative or revolutionary) goals might be pursued, in part, in and through transitional justice.

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Racialized social class work: Making sense of inequality in South Africa during the COVID-19 lockdown

Cited by 3 publications

References 56 publications

Determinants of Bias Perceptions in South Africa: The Case of A Highly Unequal Society

Determinants of Bias Perceptions in South Africa: The Case of A Highly Unequal Society

Precarious Work in the Gig Economy

Land and the limits of liberal legalism: property, transitional justice and non-reformist reforms in post-apartheid South Africa

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