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The Commons and Development: Unanswered Sociological Questions

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dc.contributor.author Rudel, Thomas K.
dc.date.accessioned 2011-09-21T20:11:46Z
dc.date.available 2011-09-21T20:11:46Z
dc.date.issued 2011 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7551
dc.description.abstract "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." en_US
dc.language English en_US
dc.subject commons en_US
dc.subject common pool resources en_US
dc.subject institutions en_US
dc.subject development en_US
dc.subject social capital en_US
dc.title The Commons and Development: Unanswered Sociological Questions en_US
dc.type Journal Article en_US
dc.type.published published en_US
dc.type.methodology Case Study en_US
dc.subject.sector General & Multiple Resources en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournal International Journal of the Commons en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume 5 en_US
dc.identifier.citationpages 303-318 en_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber 2 en_US
dc.identifier.citationmonth August en_US


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