The Tragedy of the Commons or the Commoner's Tragedy? Toward Understanding Ecological Crisis in India
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1990
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"This paper traces the historical role of the state in the transformation of common property resources in India, presupposing the commons as hotly contested terrain within colonial and post-colonial history and historiography. The paper analyzes Indian legal history and development policy, using specific examples from Rajastan's tenancy, land reform, and wasteland policies. The empirical evidence from the author's field research in Rajasthan reveals exploitative relations of capital interests with land and labor of the poorer village communities, as facilitated by state policy. Throughout, the article evaluates the role of the World Bank: it also challenges the 'tragedy of the commons' literature and policy implications, while integrating new theories of socialist ecology, uneven development, and the commons."
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ecology, common pool resources, water resources, tragedy of the commons, IASC