Social Construction of Pastureland: Changing Rules and Resource-Use Rights in China and Kyrgyzstan
A fundamental problem in governing natural resources is how to design institutions, particularly property rights regimes, that support sustainable use and management of common property resources. Privatization of natural resources was a widespread solution to the “tragedy of the commons” during the...
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| description | A fundamental problem in governing natural resources is how to design institutions, particularly property rights regimes, that support sustainable use and management of common property resources. Privatization of natural resources was a widespread solution to the “tragedy of the commons” during the 1980s and 1990s. But many such efforts failed to achieve sustainable use of resources, and policymakers are now experimenting with new types of policy interventions. We examine recent changes in pastoral institutions and their outcomes regarding resource-use rights and the sustainability of resource use in China and Kyrgyzstan. Interpreting changing property rights as a process of social construction, we examine altered rules and rights relations and the ensuing changes in legal correlates between various actors in selected choice settings. The article contributes to the literature regarding the impacts of such reforms on property rights and their development in pastoral contexts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-61448495ca6b48799effeb1c8dbd5f072022-12-22T02:37:46ZengUtrecht University Library Open Access Journals (Publishing Services)International Journal of the Commons1875-02812020-02-0114110.5334/ijc.940450Social Construction of Pastureland: Changing Rules and Resource-Use Rights in China and KyrgyzstanLu Yu0Ulan Kasymov1School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, CN; German Development Institute-Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Bonn; The Berlin Workshop in Institutional Analysis of Social-Ecological Systems (WINS), Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinResource Economics Group, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Ecosystem Services, Technische Universität DresdenA fundamental problem in governing natural resources is how to design institutions, particularly property rights regimes, that support sustainable use and management of common property resources. Privatization of natural resources was a widespread solution to the “tragedy of the commons” during the 1980s and 1990s. But many such efforts failed to achieve sustainable use of resources, and policymakers are now experimenting with new types of policy interventions. We examine recent changes in pastoral institutions and their outcomes regarding resource-use rights and the sustainability of resource use in China and Kyrgyzstan. Interpreting changing property rights as a process of social construction, we examine altered rules and rights relations and the ensuing changes in legal correlates between various actors in selected choice settings. The article contributes to the literature regarding the impacts of such reforms on property rights and their development in pastoral contexts.https://www.thecommonsjournal.org/articles/940institutional changeproperty rightsgrassland managementchinakyrgyzstan |
| spellingShingle | Lu Yu Ulan Kasymov Social Construction of Pastureland: Changing Rules and Resource-Use Rights in China and Kyrgyzstan International Journal of the Commons institutional change property rights grassland management china kyrgyzstan |
| title | Social Construction of Pastureland: Changing Rules and Resource-Use Rights in China and Kyrgyzstan |
| title_full | Social Construction of Pastureland: Changing Rules and Resource-Use Rights in China and Kyrgyzstan |
| title_fullStr | Social Construction of Pastureland: Changing Rules and Resource-Use Rights in China and Kyrgyzstan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social Construction of Pastureland: Changing Rules and Resource-Use Rights in China and Kyrgyzstan |
| title_short | Social Construction of Pastureland: Changing Rules and Resource-Use Rights in China and Kyrgyzstan |
| title_sort | social construction of pastureland changing rules and resource use rights in china and kyrgyzstan |
| topic | institutional change property rights grassland management china kyrgyzstan |
| url | https://www.thecommonsjournal.org/articles/940 |
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