Globalization and virtuality: analytical problems posed by the contemporary transformation of African societies

Development and Change

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 873-903

  Van Binsbergen, Wim ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; GLOBALIZATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0032432932     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00102     Document Type: Article

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