Land reform and human rights in contemporary Zimbabwe: Balancing individual and social justice through an integrated human rights framework

World Development

Volumn 32, Issue 10 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 1785-1805

  Hellum, Anne ^a   Derman, Bill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance; Human rights; Land reform; Southern Africa; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RIGHTS; LAND REFORM; LEGAL SYSTEM; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 6344240962     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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