'Uncomfortable collaborations': Contesting constructions of the 'poor' in South Africa

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-279

  Walsh, Shannon ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; LOW INCOME POPULATION; RECONSTRUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AFRICA; DURBAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; KHAYELITSHA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 47249114029     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: 17401720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03056240802195809     Document Type: Article

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