Deracializing exploitation? 'Black economic empowerment' in the South African Wine industry

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-32

  Du Toit, Andries ^a   Kruger, Sandra ^a   Ponte, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agro food regulation; Black economic empowerment; South Africa; Wine

Indexed keywords

BLACK MARKET; DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE; LABOR RELATIONS; RACIAL IDENTITY; STANDARDIZATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

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

VITACEAE;

EID: 37349078373     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2007.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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