On the post-structuralist critique of development: A view from north-west Namibia

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 587-603

  Friedman, John T ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POPULAR PROTEST;

AFRICA; KUNENE; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33846015505     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768350601021822     Document Type: Article

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