Conceptualising context in institutional reforms of land and natural resource management: The case of Vietnam

International Journal of the Commons

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 140-163

  Clement, Floriane ^a   Amezaga, Jaime M ^b  

^a International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Nepal)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Context; Discourses; Forest; Institutions; Land tenure; Poverty; Power; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874608655     PISSN: 18750281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18352/ijc.338     Document Type: Article

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