Mobilizing at the frontier: Framing social justice claims in a natural resources management project in Rondônia, Brazil

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 717-734

  Selfa, Theresa ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural resources management project; Participatory development; Social movements; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

BRAZIL; RONDONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

RONDONIA;

EID: 4444255143     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920490480714     Document Type: Article

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