Governing Dissent in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve: 'Development', Governmentality, and Subjectification amongst Botswana's Bushmen

Globalizations

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 439-455

  Odysseos, Louiza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Botswana; Bushmen; development; dissent; governmentality; human rights; indigenous rights; subjectification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859308989     PISSN: 14747731     EISSN: 1474774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2011.585845     Document Type: Article

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