Sociocultural heterogeneity and the commons

Current Anthropology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 843-853

  Ruttan, Lore M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750109733     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507185     Document Type: Article

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