Defining rights from the roots: Insights from council tenants' struggles in Mombasa, Kenya

IDS Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 100-109

  Musyoki, Samuel ^a   Nyamu Musembi, Celestine ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING PROVISION; HUMAN RIGHTS; LOW INCOME HOUSING; SOCIAL HOUSING;

AFRICA; COAST PROVINCE; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; MOMBASA [COAST PROVINCE]; MOMBASA [MOMBASA (DST)]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ARENA;

EID: 14644403678     PISSN: 02655012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.2005.tb00184.x     Document Type: Article

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