Community Governance in Urban South Africa: Spaces of Political Contestation and Coalition

Urban Forum

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 319-342

  Katsaura, Obvious ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community governance; Field theory; Nodal governance; Participation

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FIELD SURVEY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLITICS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84865588813     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-011-9138-5     Document Type: Article

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