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TAKING DISADVANTAGE SERIOUSLY: THE ‘UNDERCLASS’ IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2014

Jeremy Seekings
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Debate: Approaching African Economies
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Africa , Volume 84 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 135 - 141
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Copyright © International African Institute 2014 

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