The Politics of Indigenous Participation Through "Free Prior Informed Consent": Reflections from the Bolivian Case

World Development

Volumn 77, Issue , 2016, Pages 249-261

  Fontana, Lorenza B ^a   Grugel, Jean ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Ethnicity; FPIC; Indigenous rights; Natural resources; Participation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ETHNICITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL INCLUSION;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 84942540420     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.08.023     Document Type: Article

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