| Abstract: | Inequality and stratification have been a marked feature of Sudanese society for centuries. While the traditional elite continues to play a role in the political arena, new interest groups - tenants and farmers, the proletariat, and the bourgeoisie - have also emerged. The proletariat is mainly associated with the small, but quite active Communist Party of the Sudan (CPS). Its unions, federated in the militant Sudan Workers Trade Union Federation (SWTUF), played an important role in preindependence and postindependence politics. As a class, however, the proletariat is only in its early stages of formation. Issues such as local politics, family relations, and ethnic and religious affiliation are still major obstacles in the process of unifying the different groupings of which the proletariat is composed. Ann., bibliogr., notes, ref. |
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