South African Society on the Eve of Apartheid
South African Society on the Eve of Apartheid
This chapter explores the nature of South African society at the onset of the apartheid era and discusses the ways social and economic changes were affecting inequalities. It focuses on the relation between class structure and income distribution during this period. With regard to income distribution, society is divided into three classes: rich white households occupying the higher position, coloured and Indian people in the middle and African people at the bottom. The chapter concludes with an analysis of the apartheid distributional regime that the National Party government inherited in 1948.
Keywords: South African society, apartheid, class structure, income distribution, distributional regime, National Party
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