The right to the city and the eco-social commoning of water: Discursive and political lessons from South Africa

The Right to Water: Politics, Governance and Social Struggles

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 190-205

  Bond, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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