The globality of the local? A decolonial perspective on local economic development in South Africa

Local Economy

Volumn 29, Issue 4-5, 2014, Pages 503-518

  Ndlovu, Morgan ^a   Makoni, Eric Nyembezi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

coloniality; inequality; Local Economic Development; place based approaches; South Africa; zone of non being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904346616     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269094214537960     Document Type: Article

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