essay
The politics of production: enclosure, equity, and efficiency
images of contemporary iceland : everyday lives and global contexts • Iowa City • Published In 1996 • Pages: 60-84
By: Gísli Pálsson, Agnar Helgason.
Abstract
This article presents a discussion of changes in the Icelandic fishing industry that the authors associate with the introduction of a new system of resource management. This system is based on a quota system, with a focus on contested notions of equity, nation, and productive efficiency. In this account Pálsson and Helgason '…explore the social consequences of quota management and the ensuing rhetorical contests over the nature of fishing rights, the morality of exchange, and the changing character of a nation' (p. 62). Their analyses of the information presented in this document, based on the history of access to resources, ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, and quantitative data on the distribution of fishing quotas, seems to indicate that radical changes have taken place in the Icelandic system of production.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Scandinavia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Ethnologist
- Social Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2002
- Field Date
- ca. 1980s-early 1990s
- Coverage Date
- ca. 1980s-early 1990s
- Coverage Place
- Iceland
- Notes
- Gísli Pálsson and Agnar Helgason
- For bibliographical references see document 20:[Gísli Pálsson and E. Paul Durrenberger]
- LCCN
- 9535078
- LCSH
- Icelanders