Uncommon ground: The 'Poverty of History' in common property discourse

Development and Change

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 407-434

  Johnson, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 3843123347     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2004.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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