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This book presents a profile of the top echelon of the African community in South Africa — a sector of society known in international sociological literature as the ‘elite’. It concentrates specifically on the modern social elite which are also sometimes referred to as ‘opinion-leaders’.
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This section is based on the Human Sciences Research Council’s report, The South African Society: Realities and Future Prospects, 1985.
Examples are Ayandele (1974) in Nigeria, Baltzell (1966) in America, Barton et al. (1973) in Yugoslavia, Brandel-Syrier (1971) in South Africa, Frey (1965) in Turkey, Guttsman (1963) in Britain, Higley et al. (1976 and 1979) in Norway and Australia, Hunter (1963) in America, Lloyd (1966) in tropical Africa, Suleiman (1978) in France, Van der Merwe (1974) in South Africa and Zartman (1980) in the Middle East.
See The Power Elite, 1956.
See Community Power Structure, 1953.
See Who Governs?, 1961.
See Bottomore (1976), Giddens (1972), Parry (1969), Field and Higley (1980).
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Dreyer, L. (1989). Introduction. In: The Modern African Elite of South Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10191-7_1
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