Responding to university reform in South Africa: Student activism at the University of Limpopo

Social Anthropology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-42

  Oxlund, Bjarke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Activism; Policy; South Africa; Students; University reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249088908     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8676.2009.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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