Committees, witchdoctors and the 'mother-body': Everyday politics in the township of Cato Manor, South Africa

Habitat International

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 269-277

  Meth, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Durban; Governance; Political party; Religion; Resistance; Ward committees

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NATIONAL POLITICS; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL POWER; POWER RELATIONS; RELIGION;

DURBAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84875861385     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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