'It takes two hands to clap': How Gaddi shepherds in the Indian Himalayas negotiate access to grazing

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-75

  Axelby, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bricolage; Common property resources; Northern India; Transhumant nomadism

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NATURAL RESOURCE; NOMADIC PEOPLE; PASTURE; STATE ROLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33845685085     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2007.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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