Formalities of poverty: Thinking about social assistance in neoliberal South Africa

African Studies Review

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 71-86

  Ferguson, James ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 51249118957     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/arw.2007.0092     Document Type: Review

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