Anderson, Paul (2000) Commodification, conservation and community : an analysis and a case study in South India. Centre for South Asian Studies, Edinburgh University.

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Abstract

This work illustrates the relevance of an understanding of commodification to development oriented conservation policy and examines, from this perspective, the social consequences of employing financial incentives to secure ‘local’ participation on conservation programmes. To this end, the work reviews features of the contemporary anthropological debate on commodification, providing where needed a more thorough-going exposition of its nature and implications, before applying this analysis, in the case study, to a South Indian ‘tribal’ community’s recent involvement in an ecodevelopment programme. Focusing on motivational features for the community’s involvement, the case study reveals a changing understanding of ‘wealth’ and brings to light the social consequences of this for the community in a manner commonly neglected by current conservation policy. In view of these consequences, the work argues against the general use of financial incentives for communities in transition between subsistence and commodity-based practices and concludes with recommendations for the ecodevelopment programme in question and for development-led, community-based conservation policy in general.

Item Type:	Scholarly Text
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DS Asia G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Economic development, Economic development--Environmental aspects, Economic development--Environmental aspects--India, South, Tribes--India, South, Tribes--India, South--Economic conditions, Tribes--India, South--Economic conditions--Case studies, Wealth--India, South, India, South--Economic conditions
Series Name:	Edinburgh Papers In South Asian Studies
Publisher:	Centre for South Asian Studies, Edinburgh University
ISBN:	1900795140
Official Date:	2000
Dates:	Date Event 2000 Published
Number:	14
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access

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