Victoria Mxenge: A Story About More Than Women Building Their Community

Urban Forum

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-207

  Newton, Caroline ^a  

^a Associatie KULeuven   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Gender; Grassroots movements; Power; South Africa; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; GENDER ROLE; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; HOUSING PROJECT; NATIONAL STRATEGY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLICY MAKING; STATE ROLE; URBAN HISTORY; URBAN PLANNING; WOMENS ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84861838605     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-012-9150-4     Document Type: Article

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