To cooperate or not to cooperate: Collective action for rehabilitation of traditional water tunnel systems (qanats) in Syria

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To cooperate or not to cooperate : Collective action for rehabilitation of traditional water tunnel systems (qanats) in Syria. / Wessels, Josepha Ivanka.

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2008. 392 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Ph.D. thesis › Research

Harvard

Wessels, JI 2008, To cooperate or not to cooperate: Collective action for rehabilitation of traditional water tunnel systems (qanats) in Syria. Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam.

APA

Wessels, J. I. (2008). To cooperate or not to cooperate: Collective action for rehabilitation of traditional water tunnel systems (qanats) in Syria. Amsterdam University Press.

Vancouver

Wessels JI. To cooperate or not to cooperate: Collective action for rehabilitation of traditional water tunnel systems (qanats) in Syria. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2008. 392 p.

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Wessels, Josepha Ivanka. / To cooperate or not to cooperate : Collective action for rehabilitation of traditional water tunnel systems (qanats) in Syria. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2008. 392 p.

Bibtex

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