'New spaces' for change?: Diamond governance reforms and the micro-politics of participation in post-war Sierra Leone

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 191-202

  Maconachie, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Diamonds; Participation; Resource governance; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DIAMOND; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MINING; POST-WAR; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 77955977892     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.558     Document Type: Article

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