Perceptions of corruption in the South African housing allocation and delivery programme: What it may mean for accessing the state

Journal of Asian and African Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 479-490

  Rubin, Margot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Corruption; housing delivery; perception of corruption

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING PROJECT; HOUSING PROVISION; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ACCESS; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80052978295     PISSN: 00219096     EISSN: 17452538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021909611403706     Document Type: Article

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