Advances in the social sciences have emerged through a variety of research methods: field-
based research, laboratory and field experiments, and agent-based models. However …

Este libro refleja una larga experiencia de investigación, que abarca una amplia gama de
desafíos contemporáneos como son el manejo de las pesquerías oceánicas, la protección …

Many debates exist among social scientists that relate to the “best” way of collecting data
about important theoretical questions. As scholars, who conduct individual case studies as …

Collective action can help individuals, groups, and communities achieve common goals,
thus contributing to poverty reduction. Drawing on longitudinal household and qualitative …

8.3 Average and best score of 100 runs of a population of solutions for 100 generations of
repeated Prisoner's Dilemma games 303 8.4 Spatial patterns of cooperators and defectors …

This study analyzes the links between risk and the kinds of property rights that have evolved
to provide the mobility necessary to raise livestock in drought-prone countries--in this case …

This study examines the role of groups and networks in helping poor Filipinos manage their
exposure to risks and cope with shocks. It brings together two strands of literature that …

Traditional pastoralist land management institutions in sub-Saharan Africa have been
stressed by an increasing human population and related forces, including private enclosure …

In mobile pastoralism, strategies of mobility are highly heterogeneous within communities;
some herders are frequently mobile and others are not. Moreover, pastoral mobility changes …

This is a dissertation about how Niamey, Niger is experienced in neighborhoods, through
bodies, and around water. I examine the particular colonial and post-colonial historical …