Legal pluralism and the politics of inclusion: Recognition and contestation of local water rights in the Andes

Community-based Water Law and Water Resource Management Reform in Developing Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 96-113

  Boelens, Rutgerd ^a   Bustamante, Rocio ^b   De Vos, Hugo ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^c Institutional Aspects of Natural Resource Management ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Andean countries; Autonomy; Collective action; Cultural identities; Cultural politics; Incorporation; Legal pluralism; Privatization; Recognition; Water policies; Water rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957020119     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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