The promise of common pool resource theory and the reality of commons projects

International Journal of the Commons

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 636-656

  Saunders, Fred P ^a  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; Collective action; Common pool resources; Commons; Governance; Institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907010290     PISSN: 18750281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18352/ijc.477     Document Type: Article

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