Bridging political economy analysis and critical institutionalism: An approach to help analyse institutional change for rural water services

International Journal of the Commons

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-86

  Jones, Stephen David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical institutionalism; Political economy analysis; Practical hybridity; Reforms as signals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924906125     PISSN: 18750281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18352/ijc.520     Document Type: Article

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