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9781405157162

The Contested Commons Conversations between Economists and Anthropologists

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    9781405157162

  • ISBN10:

    140515716X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-02-11
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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The theme of common environmental resources is explored from the dual perspectives of economics and anthropology, with a focus on developing countries. Contributed readings written by senior scholars in the fields of Economics, Anthropology, and Sociology Looks at the challenges of interdisciplinary work in the social sciences, illustrating the variation in approaches/methodology Focuses on economic security, ecological sustainability, identity formation, and participatory decision-making, particularly in the developing world

Author Biography

Pranab Bardhan is Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley, and co-chair of the MacArthur Foundation-funded Network on the Effects of Inequality on Economic Performance. He has authored or edited a number of books, including Scarcity, Conflicts, and Cooperation (2005) and International Trade, Growth, and Development (Blackwell, 2003). He was Chief Editor of the Journal of Development Economics from 1985 to 2003.

Isha Ray is Assistant Professor in the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California at Berkeley. She is an advisor to several water- and development-related organizations, and serves on the editorial committee of the Annual Review of Environment and Resources.

Table of Contents

List of Contributorsp. vii
Prefacep. viii
Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Economists, Anthropologists, and the Contested Commonsp. 1
Managing the Commons: The Role of Social Norms and Beliefsp. 25
Sustainable Governance of Common-pool Resources: Context, Method, and Politicsp. 46
Cooperative Conversations: Outcomes and Processes in Economics and Anthropologyp. 66
Collective Action, Common Property, and Social Capital in South India: An Anthropological Commentaryp. 83
Culture and Power in the Commons Debatep. 107
A Simple Model of Collective Actionp. 125
Revisiting Demsetz: Contextualizing Community-Private Ownership in Western Indiap. 144
Scale and Mobility in Defining the Commonsp. 159
Symbolic Public Goods and the Coordination of Collective Action: A Comparison of Local Development in India and Indonesiap. 168
Interdisciplinarity as a Three-way Conversation: Barriers and Possibilitiesp. 187
Feminism Spoken Here: Epistemologies for Interdisciplinary Development Researchp. 208
Commentariesp. 227
Social Norms and Cooperative Behavior: Notes from the Hinterland between Economics and Anthropologyp. 229
Sociologists and Economists on "the Commons"p. 234
CPR Institutions: Game-theory Constructs and Empirical Relevancep. 239
Disciplinary Perspectives and Policy Design for Common-pool Resources: Some Reflectionsp. 248
Understanding Common Property Resources and Their Management: A Potential Bridge across Disciplinary Divides?p. 257
And Never the Twain Shall Meet? An Exchange on the Strengths and Weaknesses of Anthropology and Economics in Analyzing the Commonsp. 266
Indexp. 280
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