Anticipating the tsunami: Rumours, planning and the arbitrary state in Zimbabwe

Africa

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 369-398

  Fontein, Joost ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; INFORMAL SECTOR; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; NATIONAL SECURITY; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PARTY POLITICS; POWER RELATIONS; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; STATE ROLE; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 73449092863     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: 17500184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/E0001972009000862     Document Type: Article

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