Pounding at the tip of the Iceberg: The dominant politics of informal settlement eradication in South Africa

Politikon

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-148

  Huchzermeyer, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 77956535597     PISSN: 02589346     EISSN: 14701014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589346.2010.492153     Document Type: Article

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