Between activism and the academy: The urban as political terrain

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2072-2086

  Oldfield, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

academy; Cape Town; community activism; Global South; politics of knowledge; research collaboration; social movements; South Africa; urban politics

Indexed keywords

LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN SOCIETY;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84937053423     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013515942     Document Type: Article

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