Democratising social welfare in Africa

The Political Economy of Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 152-171

  Devereux, Stephen ^a,b   Lund, Francie ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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