Halting Degradation of Natural Resources Is there a Role for Rural Communities?

, by Baland, Jean-Marie; Platteau, Jean-Phillipe

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ISBN: 9780198290612 | 0198290616
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 5/11/2000

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This wide-ranging book, which synthesises current theoretical and empirical research, and challenges traditional assumptions, examines the Tragedy of the Commons, the mismanagement of natural resources. Focusing on local ecosystems, it asks how they can be most efficiently and equitably protected-by private, public or community management.

List of Figures

xiv

List of Tables

xvi

Introduction

(8)

PART I: RATIONALE AND SCOPE OF LOCAL-LEVEL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: LESSONS FROM ECONOMIC THEORY

Natural Resources and Economic Growth: Towards a Definition of Sustainability

(16)

Production and exhaustibility

(3)

Justifying a conservationist strategy

(3)

Sustainability and reproducibility

(3)

Sustainability and individual rationality

(5)

Conclusion

(2)

The Tragedy of the Commons

(11)

A preliminary statement of the problem

(1)

The problem of open access

(3)

The problem of common property

(2)

Co-ordination failure under common property

(2)

The conjectural variations approach

(1)

The Lindahl equilibrium

(2)

The Property Rights School Solution: The Privatization Programme

(13)

The position of the Property Rights School

(1)

The efficiency of the privatization programme

(10)

The distributive impact of privatization

(2)

The Unregulated Common Property: The Prisoner's Dilemma Revisited

(30)

The role of private contracting: lessons from the Coase theorem

(7)

The role of decentralized punishment: spontaneous co-operation in repeated PD games

(23)

Co-ordination and Leadership in the Unregulated Common Property: Some Lessons from Game Theory

(37)

Unilateral contribution

(11)

Co-ordinated contributions

(5)

Heterogeneous situations with PD, AG, and CG players

(19)

Conclusion

114

(2)

Moral Norms and Co-operation

116

(22)

Norms as constraints on the pursuit of self-interest

116

(2)

Norms as social devices shaping preferences and expectations

118

(8)

Considerations about the emergence and erosion of moral norms

126

(12)

The Possibility of Co-operation: Lessons from Experimental Social Psychology

138

(10)

Co-operation in repeated games

138

(2)

Co-operation in games with communication

140

(4)

Co-operation in one-shot games

144

(4)

The Regulated Common Property

148

(27)

The efficiency of regulated common property

148

(12)

The distributive effects of regulating common property

160

(7)

Common property resources in the context of pervasive factor-market imperfections

167

(6)

Conclusion

173

(2)

Some Concluding Reflections on the Privatization of Common Property Resources

175

(10)

PART II: THE FEASIBILITY OF LOCAL-LEVEL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT

Introduction

183

(2)

Were People Traditionally Conservationists?

185

(50)

The romantic view: a first appraisal

185

(3)

An interpretative analysis of the available evidence

188

(44)

Conclusion

232

(3)

Recent Changes Affecting Collective Action at Village Level

235

(49)

State regulations of resource use: their nature and drawbacks

235

(27)

Other recent changes on the rural scene

262

(17)

Conclusion: A tentative appraisal of ongoing processes

279

(5)

Conditions for Successful Collective Action: Insights from Field Experiences

284

(62)

A general overview

284

(6)

The problem of economic incentives

290

(8)

The twin issues of group size and homogeneity

298

(14)

The rationale and characteristics of sanction systems

312

(12)

The role of tradition

324

(19)

Conclusion

343

(3)

Co-Management as a New Approach to Regulation of Common Property Resources

346

(35)

Enlarging the range of regulation modes

346

(2)

The broad nature of co-management arrangements or contracts

348

(3)

Co-management at work

351

(28)

Conclusion

379

(2)

General Conclusion

381

(6)

References

387

(22)

Index

409

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Halting Degradation of Natural Resources Is there a Role for Rural Communities?

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