(Re)politicizing empowerment: Lessons from the South African wine industry

Geoforum

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1021-1034

  McEwan, Cheryl ^a   Bek, David ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Neo liberalism; Power; South Africa; Transformation; Wine industry

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPOWERMENT; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; NEOLIBERALISM; POWER RELATIONS; STATE BUILDING;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 33750513226     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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