Who Owns The Stock?; Contents; Introduction; Part I -- Tundra and Taiga; Chapter 1 -- Confused Ownership of Reindeer; Chapter 2 -- Reindeer, Social Relations and Networks; Chapter 3 -- Earmarks, Furmarks and the Community; Chapter 4 -- 'Trust' or 'Domination'?; Chapter 5 -- Milk and Antlers: Partitioned Rights; Part II -- The Eurasian Steppe; Chapter 6 -- Pastoral Property in Kazakhstan; Chapter 7 -- Ownership and Control in Mongolia; Part III -- Africa; Chapter 8 -- Property Rights in Cattle; Chapter 9 -- Pastoral Intensification and Islamic Renewal; Chapter 10 -- From Cultural Property to Market Goods
Chapter 11 -- Pastoralists and Changing Property RelationsChapter 12 -- Multiple Rights in Animals; Notes on Contributors; Bibliography; Index
Summary
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; politi
