ISBN:
9780857453365
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 332 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Integration and conflict studies Volume 5
Series Statement:
Integration and conflict studies
Keywords:
Pastoral systems Cross-cultural studies
;
Herders Cross-cultural studies
;
Domestic animals Cross-cultural studies
;
Animal industry Cross-cultural studies Law and legislation
Abstract:
The issue of collective and multiple property rights in animals, such as cattle, camels or reindeers, among pastoralists has never been a subject of special cross-cultural and comparative study. Focusing on pastoralist societies in East and West Africa, the Far North and Siberia, and the Eurasian steppes, this volume addresses the issue of property rights and the changes these societies have undergone due to the direct or indirect influence of modernization and globalization processes. The contributors also investigate the interplay of older sets of rights and modern marketing policies; political, ecological and economic effects of collectivization and de-collectivization; the existence of collective and private property in the Soviet Union and its successor states; state taxation and destocking measures in African dry lands; and the effects of quarantine, as well as import and export regulations. The rich and well-researched ethnographic, historical, and economic data in these chapters provides new theoretical insights into the matter of property rights in animals.
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