Resource conflict, collective action, and resilience: An analytical framework

International Journal of the Commons

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 183-208

  Ratner, Blake D ^a   Meinzen Dick, Ruth ^a   May, Candace ^b   Haglund, Eric ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Common pool resources; Conflict; Conflict management; Governance; Institutional analysis and development; Natural resource management; Policy; Resource conflict; Social ecological resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874591982     PISSN: 18750281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18352/ijc.276     Document Type: Article

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