Fifteen Years of Empirical Research on Collective Action in Natural Resource Management: Struggling to Build Large-N Databases Based on Qualitative Research

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 176-195

  Poteete, Amy R ^a   Ostrom, Elinor ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collective action; common pool resources; empirical research methods; institutions; natural resource management

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; DATABASE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; META-ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 36749091732     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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