Governance of the commons in Southern Africa: Knowledge, political economy and power

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 521-537

  Hara, Mafaniso ^a   Turner, Stephen ^b   Haller, Tobias ^c   Matose, Frank ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b University of Berne ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Commons; Governance; Knowledge; Political economy; Power; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; CONSERVATION; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL POWER; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70349832499     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768350903181324     Document Type: Article

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