Wildlife policy matters: Inclusion and exclusion by means of organisational and discursive boundaries

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 173-189

  Snijders, Dhoya ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

conservation and development; field configuring event; neoliberal nature; social transformation; wildlife policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906076088     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: 14699397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2014.937163     Document Type: Article

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