The powers of water-user associations: On multiplicity, fluidity, and durability in the Peruvian Andes

International Journal of the Commons

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 107-128

  Verzijl, Andres ^a   Dominguez, Carolina ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Andes; Ayacucho; Institutional bricolage; Performativity; Peru; Water user association

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924908876     PISSN: 18750281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18352/ijc.537     Document Type: Article

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