Property and authority in a migrant society: Balinese irrigators in Sulawesi, Indonesia

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe politics of possession. Property, authority and access to natural resources
EditorsT. Sikor, C. Lund
Place of PublicationChichester, UK
PublisherBlackwell
Chapter9
Pages184-206
ISBN (Print)9781405196567
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Keywords

  • Balinese irrigators' association, SUBAK -state-allocated resources, specifically Balinese
  • Contested boundaries of WUA and SUBAK
  • Customary villages as ritual communities -with religious, administrative, social and legal functions
  • Debates on property rights -under-emphasizing role of competing claims and legitimizing institutions
  • Institutional economics -rule-focused, normative, instrumental ambitions of 'crafting institutions'
  • Land, water and infrastructure -between SUBAK and WUA
  • Mainstream approach -based on rational choice theory and institutional economics
  • Property and authority in migrant society -Balinese irrigators in Sulawesi, Indonesia
  • Role of property rights to natural resources in processes of rural transformation
  • Water users' associations and Balinese irrigators' associations

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