Party politics, civil society and local democracy - Reflections from Johannesburg

Geoforum

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-189

  Bénit Gbaffou, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Accountability; ANC; Clientelism; Johannesburg; Local democracy; Participation; Political parties; Urban governance; Urban politics

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CIVIL SOCIETY; CLIENTELISM; DEMOCRACY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTY POLITICS; URBAN POLITICS;

GAUTENG; JOHANNESBURG; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84856958102     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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