Urban struggles and the transformation of the apartheid local state: The case of community and civic organizations in Durban

Political Geography

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-74

  Maharaj, Brij ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURING; HOUSING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL CHANGE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; URBAN GOVERNMENT; URBAN SOCIETY;

SOUTH AFRICA, DURBAN;

EID: 0029729155     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0962-6298(95)00006-2     Document Type: Article

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