The feminization of poverty in post-apartheid South Africa: A story told by the women of Bayview, Chatsworth

Journal of Developing Societies

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 175-206

  Benjamin, Saranel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Activism; Feminism; Neoliberalism; Poverty; Social movements; South Africa

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; ECONOMIC POLICY; FEMINISM; NEOLIBERALISM; POVERTY; PRIVATIZATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

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

EID: 38749137714     PISSN: 0169796X     EISSN: 17452546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0169796X0602300211     Document Type: Article

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