Rethinking South Africa's Transition: From Transformative to Mainstream Approaches to Participatory Development

African Studies

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 359-375

  Sinwell, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alexandra; apartheid; citizenship; civic organisations; democracy; participatory development; people's power; Sanco

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859564555     PISSN: 00020184     EISSN: 14692872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00020184.2011.628798     Document Type: Article

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