Fostering institutional creativity at multiple levels: Towards facilitated institutional Bricolage

Water Alternatives

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-19

  Merrey, Douglas J ^a   Cook, Simon ^b  

^a University of Western Australia ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collective action; Institutional bricolage; Institutional change; Institutional economics; River basin organisations; Social change processes

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; RIVER BASIN; SOCIAL CHANGE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 84863307652     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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