Haller, Tobias (2022). From commons to resilience grabbing: Insights from historically-oriented social anthropological research on African peasants. Continuity and Change, 37(1), pp. 69-95. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/S026841602200011X
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This paper aims to show the relevance that institutions governing common-pool resources (CPRs) play in peasant resilience. It outlines nine variables for resilience taken from socio-economic and ecological anthropological theories focusing on subsistence and minimax strategies and used for the comparative historical analysis of African case studies. These include drylands (Morocco, Ghana), semi-arid areas (Sierra Leone, Malawi, Tanzania) and wetlands (Cameroon, Kenya, Zambia). The variables could be found under pre-colonial common property but were no longer operating during colonial and postcolonial institutional change from common to state property and privatisation via land grabbing, leading to commons and resilience grabbing.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Social Anthropology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Haller, Tobias |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology |
ISSN: |
0268-4160 |
Publisher: |
Cambridge University Press |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Jana Samira Lamatsch |
Date Deposited: |
08 Feb 2023 07:14 |
Last Modified: |
08 Feb 2023 23:28 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1017/S026841602200011X |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/177995 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/177995 |
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