Counter-conducts in South Africa: Power, Government and Dissent at the World Summit

Globalizations

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 425-438

  Death, Carl ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Johannesburg Summit; Michel Foucault; protest; resistance; social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859372642     PISSN: 14747731     EISSN: 1474774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2011.585844     Document Type: Article

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