Doing politics in Bushbuckridge: Work, welfare and the South African elections of 2004

Africa

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 526-548

  Niehaus, Isak A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; STATE ROLE;

AFRICA; BUSHBUCKRIDGE; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33846669916     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2006.0073     Document Type: Article

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