Introduction: Vigilantism and the policing of everyday life in South Africa

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-152

  Buur, Lars ^a   Jensen, Steffen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 85064779662     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00020180412331318724     Document Type: Note

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