Motivations for slum dweller social movement participation in urban Africa: A study of mobilization in Kurasini, Dar es Salaam

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-114

  Hooper, Michael ^a   Ortolano, Leonard ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; eviction; mobilization; movement; participation; slum; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

GRASSROOTS LEVEL; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; URBAN AREA;

DAR ES SALAAM [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 84860535218     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247811435889     Document Type: Article

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