(Re)constituting class?: Owners, tenants and the politics of land reform in Mpumalanga

Journal of Southern African Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 825-844

  James, Deborah ^a   Ngonini, Alex Xola ^b   Nkadimeng, Geoffrey Mphahle ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; LAND REFORM; OWNERSHIP; POLITICAL PROCESS;

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

EID: 31844437608     PISSN: 03057070     EISSN: 14653893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057070500370613     Document Type: Article

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