Rethinking 'citizenship' in the postcolony

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1069-1086

  Robins, Steven ^a   Cornwall, Andrea ^b   von Lieres, Bettina ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEMOCRACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POST-COLONIALISM; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 48049104799     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436590802201048     Document Type: Article

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