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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Christie, Patrick; Hostetler, Mark |
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Conference:
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Crossing Boundaries, the Seventh Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property |
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Location:
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Conf. Date:
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June 10-14 |
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Date:
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1998 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/1593
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Sector:
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Fisheries |
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Region:
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Central America & Caribbean |
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Subject(s):
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IASC
fisheries
regimes
property rights
common pool resources
women
action research
participatory development
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Abstract:
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"The Pearl Lagoon is one in which the normal antagonistic relation between colonial powers and common- property regimes is not obvious. However, the articulation of Pearl Lagoon with the global economy is, undoubtedly, beginning to show the effects documented by Kottak (1992) in a Brazilian coastal community of: breakdown in cooperative agreements, resource sharing, barter exchange. This articulation, based on neo-liberal economic policies, will probably negatively influence collectively-based patterns of resource management. A countervailing influence has been the PAR process that Pearl Lagoon communities have been engaged in. The creation of a body of shared information on resource management issues and tangible actions are a valuable first step towards maintaining and building upon extant regimes and aspirations of community members. PAR also provides the academic researcher with a research methodology to mutually define research goals with community members--a process that can result in improved understanding of how biological and social mechanisms influence resource management regimes, while supporting common property regimes."
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