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A Theory of Access.
Jesse C. Ribot,Nancy Lee Peluso +1 more
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In this article, the authors define access as the ability to derive benefits from things, broadening from property's clas- sical definition as "the right to benefit from things" and examine a broad set of factors that differentiate access from property.Abstract:
The term "access" is frequently used by property and natural resource analysts without adequate definition. In this paper we develop a concept of access and examine a broad set of factors that differentiate access from property. We define access as "the ability to derive benefits from things," broadening from property's clas- sical definition as "the right to benefit from things." Access, following this definition, is more akin to "a bundle of powers" than to property's notion of a "bundle of rights." This formulation includes a wider range of social relationships that constrain or enable benefits from resource use than property relations alone. Using this fram- ing, we suggest a method of access analysis for identifying the constellations of means, relations, and processes that enable various actors to derive benefits from re- sources. Our intent is to enable scholars, planners, and policy makers to empirically "map" dynamic processes and relationships of access.read more
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Democratic decentralization in sub-Saharan Africa: its contribution to forest management, livelihoods, and enfranchisement
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Disentangling intangible social-ecological systems
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The Tragedy of the Grabbed Commons: Coercion and Dispossession in the Global Land Rush
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