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The Contested Commons explores the theme of common environmental resources 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

Table of Contents:
List of Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Economists, Anthropologists, and the Contested Commons: Pranab Bardhan and Isha Ray (both University of California at Berkeley). 2. Managing the Commons: The Role of Social Norms and Beliefs: Jean-Philippe Platteau (University of Namur, Belgium). 3. Sustainable Governance of Common-pool Resources: Context, Method, and Politics: Arun Agrawal (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). 4. Cooperative Conversations: Outcomes and Processes in Economics and Anthropology: Isha Ray (University of California at Berkeley). 5. Collective Action, Common Property, and Social Capital in South India: An Anthropological Commentary: David Mosse (University of London). 6. Culture and Power in the Commons Debate: Amita Baviskar (Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi). 7. A Simple Model of Collective Action: Rajiv Sethi and E. Somanathan (Columbia University and Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi). 8. Revisiting Demsetz: Contextualizing Community-Private Ownership in Western India: Pranab Mukhopadhyay (University of Goa, Panaji). 9. Scale and Mobility in Defining the Commons: Vyjayanthi Rao and Arjun Appadurai (both The New School, New York). 10. Symbolic Public Goods and the Coordination of Collective Action: A Comparison of Local Development in India and Indonesia: Vijayendra Rao (The World Bank, Washington, DC). 11. Interdisciplinarity as a Three-way Conversation: Barriers and Possibilities: Sharachchandra Lélé (Centre for International Studies in Environment and Development, Bangalore). 12. Feminism Spoken Here: Epistemologies for Interdisciplinary Development Research: Cecile Jackson (Institute of Development Studies, Brighton). Commentaries. Commentary 1: Social Norms and Cooperative Behavior: Notes from the Hinterland between Economics and Anthropology: Kaushik Basu (Cornell University, New York). Commentary 2: Sociologists and Economists on “the Commons”: Erik Olin Wright (University of Wisconsin, Madison). Commentary 3: CPR Institutions: Game-theory Constructs and Empirical Relevance: Nirmal Sengupta (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Studies, Chennai). Commentary 4: Disciplinary Perspectives and Policy Design for Common-pool Resources: Some Reflections: Kanchan Chopra (Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi). Commentary 5: Understanding Common Property Resources and Their Management: A Potential Bridge across Disciplinary Divides?: A. Vaidyanathan (Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai). Commentary 6: And Never the Twain Shall Meet? An Exchange on the Strengths and Weaknesses of Anthropology and Economics in Analyzing the Commons: Ravi Kanbur and Annelise Riles (Cornell University, New York). Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781405157162
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
  • Depth: 25
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Weight: 703 gr
  • ISBN-10: 140515716X
  • Publisher Date: 09 Jan 2008
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 252 mm
  • No of Pages: 304
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Conversations between Economists and Anthropologists
  • Width: 175 mm


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