Deliberation or symbolic violence? The governance of community forestry in Nepal

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 365-374

  Ojha, Hemant R ^a   Cameron, John ^b   Kumar, Chetan ^c  

^a ForestAction   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Community forestry; Deliberation; Doxa; Forest governance; Nepal; Symbolic violence

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMPLEX PATTERN; DECISION-MAKING PRACTICES; DELIBERATIVE PROCESS; FOREST GOVERNANCE; NATIONAL FORESTS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

CULTIVATION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

CULTIVATION; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENTS; NEPAL; POLYMERS;

EID: 72049092456     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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