Discourses of privatisation: The case of South Africa's water sector

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-35

  Narsiah, Sagie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE; NEOLIBERALISM; PRIVATIZATION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER INDUSTRY;

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

EID: 39049138855     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768350701836152     Document Type: Article

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