Article ID: CBB270732009

The Politics of African Household Budget Studies in South Africa (2016)

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This paper traces the development of studies of African household budgets in South Africa, from the 1920s up to the 1970s, and indeed in summary form till the present. It argues that, although the genre seems to be politically neutral, and only concerned to establish “the facts,” in reality the outcome of the various researches, and certainly their presentation was dependent on the political and institutional position of the researcher, whether “liberal,” linked to commercial institutions, or as part of the apartheid state., Cet article retrace l’évolution des recherches portant sur les budgets des ménages africains en Afrique du Sud. Ces études se sont effectuées à partir des années 1920 jusqu’aux années 1970 et se sont même prolongées sous une forme sommaire jusqu’à aujourd’hui. Bien que ce genre de recherche semble politiquement neutre avec un souci affiché d’établir “les faits,” il s’avère qu’en réalité les résultats des différentes études, et certainement leur présentation, dépendait de la position politique et institutionnelle du chercheur, que celui ou celle-ci soit “progressiste,” ait des liens avec des entreprises, ou avec le régime de l’apartheid.

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Authors & Contributors
Ruperthuz Honorato, Mariano
Nygren, Joshua M.
Westermann, Andrea
Weintraub, E. Roy
van der Watt, Lize-Marie
Swartz, Sally
Concepts
Science and politics
Economics
Science and society
Capitalism
Great Britain, colonies
Psychology
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
18th century
20th century, early
Places
South Africa
United States
Antarctica
Myanmar (Burma)
Switzerland
Norway
Institutions
Cape Town. Royal Observatory
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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