Disputing the floodplains
Subtitle: institutional change and the politics of resource management in African wetlands
By: edited by Tobias Haller
Series: African social studies series -- v. 22
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9789004185326
Description: African Floodplains in semi-arid areas are important for local livelihoods as they harbor many common-pool resources such as fisheries, pasture, wildlife, veldt products, water and land for irrigation. However, in many of these areas resources are under pressure. This book is presenting seven case studies from Mali, Cameroon, Tanzania, Zambia and Botswana based on anthropological fieldwork (2002-08) and explores how these common-pool resources have been managed in pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial times. The major focus of the study is how institutional change has contributed to resource management problems and offers a comparative analysis based on the New Institutionalist approach (Jean Ensminger, Elinor Ostrom), which is combined with a special focus on ideology, discourse and narratives while focusing on conflict and power issues.
Notes: Includes index.