Social risk-management strategies in pastoral systems: A qualitative comparative analysis

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 286-317

  Moritz, Mark ^a   Giblin, Julia ^a   Ciccone, Miranda ^a   Davis, Andréa ^a   Fuhrman, Jesse ^a   Kimiaie, Masoumeh ^a   Madzsar, Stefanie ^a   Olson, Kyle ^a   Senn, Matthew ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

livestock exchanges; pastoralists; patron client relations; Qualitative Comparative Analysis; social risk management strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960363890     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397111402464     Document Type: Article

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