The politics of possession: The proliferation of partnerships in the Brazilian Amazon

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 290-314

  Zanotti, Laura ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Community conservation; Indigenous groups; Partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861756547     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1555-2934.2011.01167.x     Document Type: Article

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