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From The Forthcoming Special Issue: Financialization of Home in the Global South

Selecting Spaces, Classifying People: The Financialization of Housing in the South African City

Pages 640-660 | Received 29 Mar 2019, Accepted 21 Oct 2019, Published online: 19 Dec 2019

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