Frontiers of Commodification: State Lands and Their Formalization

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 473-495

  Kelly, Alice B ^a   Peluso, Nancy Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

formalization; historical political ecology; law and society; property relations; state land

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LEGISLATION; POLITICAL HISTORY; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

CAMEROON; ETHIOPIA; INDONESIA;

EID: 84929233180     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2015.1014602     Document Type: Article

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