Forest and people: Understanding the institutional governance, social identity and people's participation in Indian forest management

Journal of Rural Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 425-454

  Sinha, Himadri ^a   Suar, Dabodar ^b  

^a XAVIER INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SERVICE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Forest management; Institutional governance; Organisational citizenship; Participation; Social identity

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1842810205     PISSN: 09703357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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