Regional development in South Africa's West Coast: 'Dividends on the process side'?

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 168-183

  Bek, David ^a   Binns, Tony ^b   Nel, Etienne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Development; Institutions; Neoliberal; Regionalism; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844440477     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2005.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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