Counteracting hegemonic powers in the policy process: critical action research on Nepal's forest governance

Critical Policy Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 242-262

  Ojha, Hemant ^a,b  

^a Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies (SIAS)   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

critical action research; critical social theory; deliberation; forest governance; Nepal; public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887988685     PISSN: 19460171     EISSN: 1946018X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2013.823879     Document Type: Article

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