Urban Displacement and Resettlement in Zimbabwe: The Paradoxes of Propertied Citizenship

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Urban Displacement and Resettlement in Zimbabwe: The Paradoxes of Propertied Citizenship. / Hammar, Amanda.

In: African Studies Review, Vol. 60, No. 3, 12.2017, p. 81-104.

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Hammar, A 2017, 'Urban Displacement and Resettlement in Zimbabwe: The Paradoxes of Propertied Citizenship', African Studies Review, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 81-104.

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Hammar, A. (2017). Urban Displacement and Resettlement in Zimbabwe: The Paradoxes of Propertied Citizenship. African Studies Review, 60(3), 81-104.

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Hammar A. Urban Displacement and Resettlement in Zimbabwe: The Paradoxes of Propertied Citizenship. African Studies Review. 2017 Dec;60(3):81-104.

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Hammar, Amanda. / Urban Displacement and Resettlement in Zimbabwe: The Paradoxes of Propertied Citizenship. In: African Studies Review. 2017 ; Vol. 60, No. 3. pp. 81-104.

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