Understanding development through the language of Habermas and Bourdieu: Insights from Nepal's Leasehold Forestry Programme

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 479-497

  Ojha, Hemant ^a   Cameron, John ^a   Bhattarai, Basundhara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ForestAction Nepal ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; EMPOWERMENT; FORESTRY; LANGUAGE; MODEL; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33746208992     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.27.4.5     Document Type: Article

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