With the recent expansion of extractive industries in Latin America, contestations with the affected communities have increased in number and intensity. Therein, the indigenous right to prior consultation and to free, prior and informed consent has played a crucial role. Based on the empirical...

"The underpinning assumption of public management in the developing world as a process of planned change is increasingly being recognized as unrealistic. In reality, the practice of development management is characterized by processes of mutual adjustment among individuals, agencies, and...

Die Studie erforscht den Einfluss sozialer Strukturen und sozialer Netzwerke auf die Entscheidungsfindung eines fragmentierten, heterogenen Gremiums, das im Senegal in einer agro-pastoralen Dörfergemeinschaft für die Förderung und Verteilung der Common-Pool Ressource Wasser zuständig ist....