The Prestige Economy: Veteran Clubs and Youngmen's Competition in Bamenda, Cameroon

Urban Forum

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 501-526

  Fuh, Divine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Competition; Prestige; Veteran; Youth

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); GLOBALIZATION; MALE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

CAMEROON;

EID: 84869889785     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-012-9157-x     Document Type: Article

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