When does community conservatism constrain village organizations?

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 609-641

  Bernard, Tanguy ^a   De Janvry, Alain ^b   Sadoulet, Elisabeth ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HOMOGENEITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; VILLAGE;

EID: 77952925499     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649643     Document Type: Article

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