Collective action, common property, and social capital in South India: An anthropological commentary

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 695-724

  Mosse, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 33646449996     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500034     Document Type: Article

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