Symbolic Public Goods and the Coordination of Collective Action : A Comparison of Local Development in India and Indonesia
Most economists think of common property as physical-a body of water, a forest-and as bounded within geographic space. In this paper, building on work in social theory, the author argues that common property can also be social-defined within symbolic space. People can be bound by well-defined symbol...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/6213854/symbolic-public-goods-coordination-collective-action-comparison-local-development-india-indonesia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8609 |