The contested trajectory of applied local economic development in South Africa

Local Economy

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 109-123

  Nel, Etienne ^a,b   Rogerson, Christian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

local economic development; local government; localities; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956652869     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269094215623729     Document Type: Article

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