'Betwixt and between': The South African state's search for autonomy in the face of globalisation

Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 129-155

  Spieß, Clemens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; DEMOCRATIZATION; GLOBALIZATION; STATE ROLE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1942498897     PISSN: 14662043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14662040408565571     Document Type: Article

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