Current policy-making processes are occurring within the context of specific conceptions about what it is that rural people want and what they are capable of doing. These conceptions are strongly influenced by the variousrepresentations conveyed by empirical bantustan survey data. ...[A]vailable bantustan data is uneven in its coverage, quality, and spatial distribution. — Weiner, Levin and Chimere-Dan 1997:45 (emphasis added)
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Meth, P. Representation and formalisation. Urban Forum 11, 31–48 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03036830
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