# Instituting Nature

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- Book: [Instituting Nature](https://www.bookquiver.com/andrew-s-mathews/instituting-nature) ([Instituting Nature.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/andrew-s-mathews/instituting-nature.md))
- Authors: [Andrew S. Mathews](https://www.bookquiver.com/andrew-s-mathews)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6251-644-0
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2011-11-04
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A study of how encounters between forestry bureaucrats and indigenous forest managers in Mexico produced official knowledge about forests and the state. Greater knowledge and transparency are often promoted...