'Black Economic Empowerment', business and the State in South Africa

Development and Change

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 933-955

  Ponte, Stefano ^a   Roberts, Simon ^b   van Sittert, Lance ^c  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; BUSINESS; DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC POLICY; EMPOWERMENT;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36349024767     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2007.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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