“Catching the development train”: Perspectives on “top-down” and “bottom-up” development in post-apartheid South Africa

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-46

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

development; grassroots; institutions; neoliberal; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844460408     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1464993404ps047oa     Document Type: Article

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