The limits of markets: The politics of water management in rural Australia

Environmental Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 712-729

  Bell, Stephen ^a   Quiggin, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RURAL AREA; STATE ROLE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 56049117163     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644010802421448     Document Type: Article

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