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Title: | Governance through community policing: What makes citizens report poaching of wildlife to state officials? |
Authors: | Sjöstedt, Martin Sundström, Aksel C. Jagers, Sverker Ntuli, Herbert |
Issue Date: | Mar-2021 |
Organization: | QoG The Quality of Government Institute |
Series/Report no.: | Working Papers 2021:1 |
Abstract: | Rulers of weak states face a predicament. They lack capacity to monitor crime and need citizens to partake in intelligence-sharing. Yet, agents of such authorities are seldom trusted, raising doubts about whether locals will provide information. The case of wildlife poaching in African countries illustrates this tension, where rangers are few and offenders on good terms with locals. Why do some locals choose to assist rangers and report on poachers, while others refrain from doing so? We surveye... more |
ISSN: | 1653-8919 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2077/68093 |
Appears in Collections: | Working Papers/Books /Department of Political Science / Statsvetenskapliga institutionen |