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Type:
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Journal Article |
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Author:
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Rudel, Thomas K. |
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Journal:
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International Journal of the Commons |
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Volume:
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5 |
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Page(s):
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303-318 |
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Date:
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2011 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7551
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Sector:
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General & Multiple Resources |
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Subject(s):
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commons
common pool resources
institutions
development
social capital
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Abstract:
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"Do processes of political and economic development hinder or
promote the creation of common property institutions (CPIs) to govern common
pool resources? Despite the seeming importance of this question, development
sociologists have never really tried to answer it. This paper explores the intersection
of development processes, the commons, and common property institutions and
concludes that development has countervailing influences that both promote and
impede the formation of CPIs. Because social capital enables collective action,
the accumulation of social capital through development provides a basis for an
expansion in the numbers of CPIs in a society. At the same time market expansion
through development led globalization and labor migration weaken CPIs. Business
cycles have similar influences. Economic booms weaken CPIs while subsequent
economic downturns increase the likelihood that resource users will form CPIs."
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