Social Relationships to the Means and Ends of Protest in South Africa's Ongoing Rebellion of the Poor: The Balfour Insurrections

Social Movement Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 204-221

  Alexander, Peter ^a   Pfaffe, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Balfour; poor; protest; Rebellion; service delivery; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894552574     PISSN: 14742837     EISSN: 14742829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14742837.2013.820904     Document Type: Article

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