The politics of African household budget studies in South Africa

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Title:	The politics of African household budget studies in South Africa
Author:	Ross, Robert
Year:	2016
Periodical:	History in Africa (ISSN 1558-2744)
Volume:	43
Pages:	205-228
Language:	English
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	household budget household income research 1900-1999
External link:	https://doi.org/10.1017/hia.2016.5
Abstract:	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. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French [Journal abstract]