Reimagining socialist futures in South Africa and Kerala, India

Journal of Asian and African Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-122

  Williams, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Civil society; Communist party (SACP and CPI(M)); Democracy; Developmental state; Kerala; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; CIVIL SOCIETY; COMMUNISM; DEMOCRACY; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; SOCIALISM;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 58449127309     PISSN: 00219096     EISSN: 17452538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021909608098678     Document Type: Article

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