Navigating tradition: Traditional authorities and governance in eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 457-476

  Beall, Jo ^a   Mkhize, Sibongiseni ^b   Vawda, Shahid ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b Market Theatre   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; METROPOLITAN AREA; RURAL AREA; SMALL TOWN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

AFRICA; DURBAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 31844450006     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.26.4.6     Document Type: Article

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