Difficult but not impossible: The ANC's decentralization strategy in South Africa

Development and Change

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 353-374

  Niksic, George ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; DECENTRALIZATION; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; EMPOWERMENT; NEOLIBERALISM;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; PORT ELIZABETH; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 2142706780     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2004.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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