State formation in community spaces? Decentralization of control over forests in the Kumaon Himalaya, India

Journal of Asian Studies

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-40

  Agrawal, Arun ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33749284397     PISSN: 00219118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2659503     Document Type: Article

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