Introduction: Institutional choice and recognition in the formation and consolidation of local democracy

Conservation and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Ribot, Jesse C ^a,b   Chhatre, Ashwini ^b,c   Lankina, Tomila ^d  

^a WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Civil society; Democratic decentralisation; Foreign aid; Institutional choice; Local government; Natural resource management; Public domain; Recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350701003     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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