South Africa: Conceptualising a politics of human-oriented development

Social Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-61

  Habib, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Civil society; Development; Politics; Power; Tripartite alliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749103704     PISSN: 02533952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02533950802078921     Document Type: Review

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