Human rights and development: The case of local government transformation in South Africa

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 393-412

  Van Renburg, Linda Jansen ^a   Naudé, Wim ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Local economic development; Local government; Socio economic rights; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUMAN RIGHTS; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

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

EID: 41549166953     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.449     Document Type: Article

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