Seeking certainty and aggravating ambiguity: On property, paper and authority in Niger

IDS Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 47-53

  Lund, Christian ^a  

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EID: 0006851150     PISSN: 02655012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.2001.mp32004006.x     Document Type: Article

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