Caring for country, a form of bureaucratic participation. Conservation, development, and neoliberalism in indigenous Australia

Anthropological Forum

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 267-286

  Fache, Elodie ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Bureaucratisation; Conservation; Development; Indigenous Australia; Neoliberalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905609187     PISSN: 00664677     EISSN: 14692902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00664677.2014.939576     Document Type: Article

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