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Contents Preface   vii 1 The Community-Based Collaborative Movement in the United States 1 Karen E. Firehock 2 Integrating and Applying Knowledge from Community-Based Collaboratives: Implications for Natural Resource Management   19 Charles G. Curtin 3 How CBCs Learn: Ecological Monitoring and Adaptive Management   45 María E. Fernández-Giménez and Heidi L. Ballard 4 Effective Collaboration: Overcoming External Obstacles   81 Melanie Hughes McDermott, Margaret Ann Moote, and Cecilia Danks 5 Collaborative Governance: Integrating Institutions, Communities, and People   111 Gregg B. Walker and Susan L. Senecah 6 Building a Theory of Collaboration   146 William D. Leach 7 The Promise of Community-Based Collaboration: Agenda for an Authentic Future   189 E. Franklin Dukes Notes on Contributors   217 Index   223 vi Preface ...

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