Why do some people get together to manage their common assets? Why do other groups of people leave those assets to be over-exploited by each member of the group? The answers could be crucial to the proper maintenance and use of 'common property resources', from grazing land through fish stocks to irrigation water. Robert Wade, drawing on research in areas of Andhra Pradesh where rain is scarce and unreliable, argues that some villagers develop and finance joint institutions for cooperative management of common property resources in grazing and irrigation - but others do not. The main reason lies in the risk of crop loss.Villages located towards the tail-end of irrigation systems, and with soils fertile enough to support a high density of livestock, show a larger amount of corporate organization than villages elsewhere. Placing his work in the wider context of both the developing world today and the open-field system of medieval Europe, the author argues that peasants can under certain conditions organize collectively. Privatization or state regulation are not the only ways of preventing degradation of common property resources in peasant societies.
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Robert Wade examines the economic conditions for collective action drawing on research in areas of Andhra Pradesh where rain is scarce and unreliable, argues that some villagers develop and finance joint institutions for cooperative management of common property resources in grazing and irrigation - but others do not. The main reason lies in the risk of crop loss.
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This book is about how and why some peasant villagers in one part of India act collectively to provide goods and services which they all need and cannot provide for themselves individually. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
common irrigators, acreage levy, irrigation distributary, outside herders, net collective benefit, irrigated villages, restrained access, irrigation staff, acre levy, village fund, field guards, dry villages, field access roads, sheep folding, liquor franchise, standing fund, crop theft, field guarding, distributary system, season paddy, getting more water, rainfed crops, village crier, paddy area, irrigation organization Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Irrigation Department, Andhra Pradesh, Venkat Swamy Reddy, Pulla Linga Reddy, South Indian, Siva Reddy, Adinarayana Reddy, Assistant Engineer, Gopalakrishnamah Chetty, North India, Elinor Ostrom, Ford Runge New!
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common irrigators, acreage levy, irrigation distributary, outside herders, net collective benefit, irrigated villages, restrained access, irrigation staff, acre levy, village fund, field guards, dry villages, field access roads, sheep folding, liquor franchise, standing fund, crop theft, field guarding, distributary system, season paddy, getting more water, rainfed crops, village crier, paddy area, irrigation organization Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Irrigation Department, Andhra Pradesh, Venkat Swamy Reddy, Pulla Linga Reddy, South Indian, Siva Reddy, Adinarayana Reddy, Assistant Engineer, Gopalakrishnamah Chetty, North India, Elinor Ostrom, Ford Runge New!
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