Power across scales and levels of fisheries governance: Explaining the active non-participation of fishers in Two Rivers, North Carolina

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-37

  May, Candace K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Co management; Collaborative governance; Inequality; Natural resource management; Political participation; Power

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL POWER; RURAL POLICY; RURAL POLITICS;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878120207     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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