Gendered spaces of informal entrepreneurship in soweto, South Africa

Urban Geography

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 86-108

  Grant, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

entrepreneurship; gender; informal economy; Soweto

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENTREPRENEUR; GENDER RELATIONS; INFORMAL SECTOR; RETAILING; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBAN ECONOMY;

GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOWETO;

EID: 84877587344     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2013.778640     Document Type: Article

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