Another lost decade: The failures of South Africa's post-apartheid migration policy

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 436-454

  Crush, Jonathan ^a,b   Dodson, Belinda ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Immigration; Labour; Policy analysis; Rights; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548445373     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2007.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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