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Autonomous Change Processes in Traditional Institutions: Lessons from Innovations in Village Governance in Vanuatu

International Journal of the Commons
Volume 16 (2022): Issue 1
By: Daniel Vorbach and  Jonathan Ensor  
Open Access
|Jul 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1170 | Journal eISSN: 1875-0281
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Language: English
Submitted on: Nov 23, 2021
Accepted on: May 21, 2022
Published on: Jul 5, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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Keywords:
institutional bricolage,
critical institutionalism,
agonism,
Vanuatu,
Pacific

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