Restructuring the local state in post-apartheid cities: Namibian experience and lessons for South Africa

African Affairs

Volumn 95, Issue 378, 1996, Pages 51-84

  Simon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID LEGACY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL STATE; NATIONAL SYSTEM; PLANNING PROCESS; POST-APARTHEID; RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

NAMIBIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA, NAMIBIA;

EID: 0029774453     PISSN: 00019909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a007714     Document Type: Article

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