Developing a democratic definition of poverty in South Africa

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 117-141

  Noble, Michael W J ^a   Wright, Gemma C ^a   Magasela, Wiseman K ^a   Ratcliffe, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Democratic definition; Relative poverty; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649128161     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v11n04_06     Document Type: Article

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