Racial desegregation and the institutionalisation of 'race' in university governance: The case of the University of Cape Town

Perspectives in Education

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 415-425

  Leuscher, Thierry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Black student politics; Demographic representivity; Desegregation; Historically white universities; Non racialism; Race relations politics; Student politics; University governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950125516     PISSN: 02582236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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