The Emergence and Outcomes of Collective Action: An Institutional and Ecosystem Approach

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Type:	Journal Article
Author:	Futemma, Celia; de Castro, Fábio; Silva-Forsberg, Maria Clara; Ostrom, Elinor
Journal:	Ambiente and Sociedade
Volume:	V
Page(s):	107-127
Date:	2002
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10535/6359
Sector:	Forestry Water Resource & Irrigation
Region:	South America
Subject(s):	collective action Amazon River region households indigenous institutions heterogeneity property rights social capital
Abstract:	"Studies of collective action often focus on features of the participants and the managed ecosystem. The social analysis of the participants helps to uncover the factors driving participation in those local enterprises such as individual interest to participate and ability of the group to organize. An ecological analysis of the managed ecosystem helps to unveil how characteristics of a resource influence the type of appropriation system that is designed and how the local institutional arrangement influences the sustainability of common-pool resources. In this paper, we broaden the social and ecological context of the analysis of common-pool resources by investigating the features of non-participants, in addition to participants, to explore the factors that cause individuals to refrain from contributing in collective action."

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