Inclusive networks and exclusive bureaucracies: Risks and commercial insurance for the South African poor;Redes de inclusão e burocracias de exclusão: Riscos e seguros de responsabilidade civil entre os mais pobres na áfrica do sul

Etnografica

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 465-485

  Bähre, Erik ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insurance policies; Marketing; Poverty; Risk; Social networks; South africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892966468     PISSN: 08736561     EISSN: 21822891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/etnografica.256     Document Type: Article

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