Contradictions in municipal services in contemporary South Africa: Disciplinary commodification and self-disconnections

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 487-508

  Ruiters, Greg ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Marketized welfare; Municipal services; Neo liberal management; Prepaid meters; Self disconnections

Indexed keywords

CLASS; POVERTY; PUBLIC SERVICE; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; WELFARE PROVISION;

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

EID: 38149082081     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018307081809     Document Type: Article

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