The contested floodplain : institutional change of the commons in the Kafue Flats, Zambia /

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Author / Creator:Haller, Tobias.
Imprint:Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2013.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9031412
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ISBN:0739169572 (electronic bk.)
9780739169575 (electronic bk.)
9780739169568 (cloth : alk. paper)
0739169564 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Other form:Original 9780739169568 0739169564 0739169572
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: the role of institutions in the management of common pool resources
  • 2. The Kafue Flats ecosystem: a rich floodplain in a semi-arid environment
  • 3. A "fierce" people: ethnography of the Ila, Balundwe and Batwa
  • 4. From Lozi raids to ineffective state control: the political economy of Southern Province and Zambia
  • 5. Transformations in a pastoral commons: institutional change of cattle and pasture management
  • 6. "We will throw the Lozi into the water": institutional change and conflict in the fisheries
  • 7. From hunting to poaching: wildlife management from common property to de facto open access
  • 8. Irrigation for the poor
  • cattle for the rich? Contesting the institutional design of the floodplain
  • 9. Conclusions: institutional change, bargaining power and conflicts.