Unpacking race, party and class from below: Surveying citizenship in the Msunduzi municipality

Geoforum

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 219-229

  Piper, Laurence ^a   Africa, Cherrel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Class; Communitarian practice; Dominant party; Protest; Race

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; CLASS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PARTY POLITICS; POPULAR PROTEST; RACE; URBAN SOCIETY;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84856961087     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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