Rebels without a cause of their own?: The contradictory location of white officials in black unions in South Africa, 1973-94

Current Sociology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Buhlungu, Sakhela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apartheid; Black unions; South Africa; White official

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646428634     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392106063191     Document Type: Article

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