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When the Enemy is the State: Common Lands Management in Northwest Spain (1850-1936)

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dc.contributor.author Serrano Alvarez, José A
dc.date.accessioned 2014-03-18T14:28:54Z
dc.date.available 2014-03-18T14:28:54Z
dc.date.issued 2014 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/9292
dc.description.abstract "In the 19th century, the Spanish government, led by a liberal political project, put up for sale the common properties of villages, and deprived local village authorities of their capacities, powers and laws to manage common woodlands, which were passed to the Forestry Service. This paper, based on Ostroms hypothesis that state intervention can have negative consequences for the conservation of common resources, is a case study of what happened in the province of León. It is shown that, although the conservation of common resources was endangered because those who were more directly concerned with protecting them were deprived of the means to do so, peasant communities staunchly defended the commons by maintaining traditional practices and uses in their commons." en_US
dc.language English en_US
dc.subject collective action en_US
dc.subject commons en_US
dc.subject liberalism en_US
dc.title When the Enemy is the State: Common Lands Management in Northwest Spain (1850-1936) en_US
dc.type Journal Article en_US
dc.type.published published en_US
dc.type.methodology Case Study en_US
dc.coverage.region Europe en_US
dc.coverage.country Spain en_US
dc.subject.sector History en_US
dc.subject.sector Land Tenure & Use en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournal International Journal of the Commons en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume 8 en_US
dc.identifier.citationpages 107-133 en_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber 1 en_US
dc.identifier.citationmonth February en_US


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