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Property rights and transformation in Russia: institutional change in the far north
Europe-Asia studies • 47 (7) • Published In 1995 • Pages: 1077-1108
By: Osherenko, Gail.
Abstract
This article is an in-depth study of propery rights systems among the Nenets of Yamal Peninsula in Russia. It identifies three key resouce issues crucial for understanding the concept of property in the local herding economy. These are: 1) reindeer, 2) land in the form camp sites, pastures , migration routes, hunting grounds and fishing sites, and 3) local working economic arrangments in the context of processing, storing, marketing and transporting reindeer meat and other products. The discussion focuses on the shifts in rights to each of these types property during the Soviet Period.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2012
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- North Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2011
- Field Date
- 1992-1994
- Coverage Date
- 1920-1995
- Coverage Place
- Yamal Peninsula, Russia
- Notes
- Gail Osherenko
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 93645761
- LCSH
- NENTSY
- PROPERTY RIGHTS
- ECONOMIES IN TRANSITIOn
- HISTORY
- LAND LEGISLATION
- LAND USE
- INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
- RUSSIAN FEDERATION