Chapter 1 Introduction: Parks, Politics, and Property Rights Part 2 Theoretical Approach Chapter 3 An Institutional Approach to Protected Area Management Performance Part 4 Applications: Successful Park Institutions Chapter 5 The National Parks Board Experience in Southern Africa Chapter 6 Back to the Future to Save Our Parks Chapter 7 Sustainable Financing for Protected Areas in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean Chapter 8 Preserving Institutional and Ecological Diversity in Argentina's Protected Area System Part 9 Opportunities for Institutional Change Chapter 10 Contracting Out at Parks Canada Chapter 11 New Management Strategies for Kruger National Park Chapter 12 A Trust Approach to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monumnent Chapter 13 Parks Are for People—But Which People?
Terry L. Anderson is Executive Director of the Political Economy Research Center in Bozeman, Montana. Alexander James is a doctoral research student in the Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge.
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*Robert H. Nelson, School of Public Policy, University of
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Nine papers provide theoretical insights and international
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