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Property relations in tibet since decollectivisation and the question of fuzziness

Conservation and society2 (1)Published In 2004 • Pages: 108-131

By: Yeh, Emily T..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author examines decollectivization in peri-urban Lhasa,Tibet through Katherine Verdery's lens of 'fuzzy property,' the indistinct, ambiguous, and partial property rights that have emerged in post-socialist countries. In addition to the diversity of property forms in post-socialist China, there is a lack of individual political rights to protect a household's economic rights. Resistance against land expropriation and taxation are deemed by the local government as political protest and treated as such. Also even though households ostensibly own their own land in the new household responsibility system, local government continue to dictate what crops they sow and how labor is compensated.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Economic planning and development
Real property
Acquisition and relinquishment of property
Renting and leasing
Individual enterprise
Cooperative organization
Exploitation
Political movements
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Tibetans
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2010
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Central Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard; 2009
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
2000-2002
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1994-2002
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Lhasa, Tibet
NotesAdditional notes
Emily T. Yeh
Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-131)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
2004325663
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tibet (China)--Ethnology