Drivers of community xenophobic attacks in South Africa: poverty and unemployment
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2415-2005,1817-4434
DOI: 10.4102/td.v11i4.49