Community, collective action and common grazing: The case of post-socialist Mongolia

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 297-339

  Mearns, Robin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMON PROPERTY REGIME; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GRAZING LAND; LAND MANAGEMENT; PASTORALISM; TRANSACTION COST THEORY; TRANSACTION COSTS;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 0029728841     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220389608422418     Document Type: Article

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