"We are zambians - Don't tell us how to fish!" Institutional change, power relations and conflicts in the kafue flats fisheries in zambia

Human Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 699-715

  Haller, Tobias ^a   Merten, Sonja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

African flood plain; Common property regimes; Fisheries management; Institutional change; State and citizenship

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FLOODPLAIN; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PLANNING HISTORY; POWER RELATIONS; SOCIAL CONFLICT; STATE ROLE;

AFRICA; KAFUE FLATS; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 55249122872     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-008-9191-4     Document Type: Article

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