With the ballot and the brick: The politics of attaining service delivery

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-32

  Booysen, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Local elections; Party support; Protest; Service delivery; South Africa; Turnout

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PARTY POLITICS; SERVICE PROVISION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 47249097724     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146499340600700103     Document Type: Article

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