Conventional conceptions of property rights focus on static definitions of property rights,
usually as defined in statutory law. However, in practice there is co-existence and interaction …

Wie kann das Recht'anderer'Gesellschaften, das einem Europäer eher fremd ist, verstanden
werden? Um es überhaupt verstehen zu können, muss man es in die gedanklichen …

Die Aufsätze in diesem Band wollen dem Leser eine rechtsethnologische Perspektive nahe
bringen. Sie behandeln eine Reihe eng miteinander zusammenhängender …

Research results: performances assessment; Research results: design and operation of
irrigation systems; Research results: policy, institutions, and management; Research results …

This thesis is about the relationship between irrigation infrastructure, its management and
local environment. This relationship was examined on farmer managed irrigation systems in …

In 1979 Giddens noted that" most forms of social theory have failed to take seriously enough
not only the temporality of social conduct but also its spatial attributes."'The spatial turn in the …

The use, allocation and management of water in the Bagmati Basin occur under the
influence of natural, societal and other factors. Population growth, expanding urbanization …

The central theme of my research has been water rights and dispute management in a
farmer-managed irrigation system. The research was conducted in Thulotar Kulo, Ward No …

It is the intention in this chapter to present the theoretical background for analysis of
irrigation systems and their institutions in the context of livelihood change. Because of the …

This book presents a conceptual and methodological framework to understand South Asia
by engaging with the practices of sociology and social anthropology in India and Nepal. It …