Private game farming and its social consequences in post-apartheid South Africa: Contestations over wildlife, property and agrarian futures

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 151-172

  Spierenburg, Marja ^a,b   Brooks, Shirley ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

agrarian change; deagrarianisation; farm dwellers; farm workers; game farming; land reform; post apartheid South Africa; private wildlife production

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906050821     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: 14699397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2014.937164     Document Type: Article

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