H.W.O., Okot-Ogendo (2001) The Tragic African commons: A Century of expropriation, suppression and subversion. CPR Digest, Vol.57. pp. 1-3.
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When Garret Hardin published his much acclaimed article "The Tragedy of the Commons" some thirtytwo years ago, he may not have been aware that a tragedy of major proportions had, for half a century, indeed been unfolding in respect of the African Commons. Contrary to Hardin's now discredited thesis, that tragedy had nothing to do with the intrinsic characteristics of the Commons . It was triggered by their expropriation and ruthless exploitation by colonial authorities; fueled by the contemptuous denial of their judicial content and compounded by systematic administrative, judicial and legislative subversion designed to foreclose any possibility of their renaissance!
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | CPR, Africa, Land Resources, Customary Rights, Legislation, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Property Rights, Community Based Management, Resources Management |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Varsha V icsf |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2022 10:44 |
| Last Modified: | 12 May 2022 10:44 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/13723 |
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