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Reinventing institutions: Bricolage and the social embeddedness of natural resource management

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Reinventing institutions: Bricolage and the social embeddedness of natural resource management. / Cleaver, Frances.
Securing Land Rights in Africa. ed. / Tor A. Benjaminsen; Christian Lund. Taylor and Francis, 2003. p. 11-30.

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Cleaver, F 2003, Reinventing institutions: Bricolage and the social embeddedness of natural resource management. in TA Benjaminsen & C Lund (eds), Securing Land Rights in Africa. Taylor and Francis, pp. 11-30. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203045886

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Cleaver, F. (2003). Reinventing institutions: Bricolage and the social embeddedness of natural resource management. In T. A. Benjaminsen, & C. Lund (Eds.), Securing Land Rights in Africa (pp. 11-30). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203045886

Vancouver

Cleaver F. Reinventing institutions: Bricolage and the social embeddedness of natural resource management. In Benjaminsen TA, Lund C, editors, Securing Land Rights in Africa. Taylor and Francis. 2003. p. 11-30 doi: 10.4324/9780203045886

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Cleaver, Frances. / Reinventing institutions : Bricolage and the social embeddedness of natural resource management. Securing Land Rights in Africa. editor / Tor A. Benjaminsen ; Christian Lund. Taylor and Francis, 2003. pp. 11-30

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