Defining political community and rights to natural resources in Botswana

Development and Change

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 281-305

  Poteete, Amy R ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67649604530     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2009.01515.x     Document Type: Article

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