The conservationist mode of production and conservation NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa

Antipode

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 551-575

  Brockington, Dan ^a   Scholfield, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Conservation NGO; Conservationist mode of production

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; CONSERVATION; KNOWLEDGE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 77954129675     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2010.00763.x     Document Type: Article

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