The role of amateur football in circular migration systems in South Africa;Zur Bedeutung des Amateurfußballs für zirkuläre Migrationssysteme in Südafrika

Africa Spectrum

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 35-60

  Steinbrink, Malte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Domestic migration; Football; Living conditions; Networks (institutional social); South Africa; Translocality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650851791     PISSN: 00020397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000203971004500202     Document Type: Article

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