The political economy of social capital: Chronic poverty, remoteness and gender in the rural Eastern Cape

Social Identities

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 521-540

  du Toit, Andries ^a   Skuse, Andrew ^a   Cousins, Thomas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; POWER RELATIONS; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

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

EID: 34447574798     PISSN: 13504630     EISSN: 13630296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504630701459180     Document Type: Article

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