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Calendar and Readings

COMMON POOL RESOURCES: The Fisheries and Rangelands Cases

A. Theoretical and Historical Perspectives on Fisheries

Jan 30 (Th) Theorizing the Tragedy of the Commons

• Prisoner's Dilemma: http://www.princeton.edu/~mdaniels/PD/PD.html
• Orstom (1998) Reflections on the Commons: The Prisoner's Dilemma and Current Policy Prescriptions

Feb 5 (Tu) Ownership and control in the U.S.                  RESPONSE

• McCay (1987) The Culture of the Commoners: Historical observations on Old and New World fisheries
• Hanna et al. (2000) History of Federal Fishery Management

B. The Liberal Economic Perspective on Fisheries

Feb 7 (Th) The Fisheries Problem from a Liberal Economic Perspective

• Iudicello et al. (1999) Chpts 3: Biology, Economics and Bioeconomics of Fish Populations

Feb 12 (Tu) State Regulation and Market Approaches to Management

• Iudicello et al. (1999) Chpts 5: Managing Fisheries Rationally: Framework and Tools
• Iudicello et al. (1999) Chpt 6: Case Studies: Alaska Salmon Fisheries

Feb 14 (Th) Case Studies: ITQ's                                    RESPONSE

• Iudicello et al. (1999) Chpt 6: Case Studies: New Zealand, Wreckfish, Halibut and Sablefish
• Macinko and Bromly (2002) Auctions: A tools whose time has come
• Benfell (2003) Fishermen hang up their nets

C. An Institutional Perspective on Fisheries and Rangelands

Feb 19 (Tu) The Fisheries Case

• Wade (1987) The management of common property resources: Collective action as an alternative
• Gibbs and Bromley (1989) Institutional Arrangements for Management of Rural Resources: Common Property Regimes
• Hickey (2006) Traditional marine resource management in Vanuatu
• Hviding (1998) Contextual flexibility: present status and future of customary marine tenure in Solomon Islands
• Saber (2006) Dangerous Waters: Among lobstermen in Maine, a Wild West mentality prevails

Feb 21 (Th) The Rangelands Case         RESPONSE

• Bennet and Barrett (2007) Rangeland as a Common Property Resource: Contrasting Insights from South Africa
• Ensminger and Rutten (1991) The Political Economy of Changing Property Rights: Dismantling a Pastoral Commons

Feb 26 (Tu) Co-Management

• Acheson (2000) Evolution of the Maine Lobster Co-management Law
• Pinkerton (1995) Management of Inshore Fisheries by Japanese Co-operative Associations

D. International Waters and Markets

Feb 28 (Th) Pirates and Profiteers         RESPONSE

• Knecht (2006) Hooked
• Itano (2008) On emptier seas, a vanishing life

Mar 4 (Tu) - EXAM

E. Historical & Contemporary Struggles over U.S. Rangelands

Mar 6 (Th) Ownership and control in the U.S.

• Wilkinson (1992) The Ranchers Code (Pp. 75-94)
• Libecap (1981) A Call for Private Property Rights to the Range

Mar 11 (Tu) Rangeland Wars

• Wilkinson (1992) The Ranchers Code (Pp. 94-101)
• Riebsame (1996) Ending the Range Wars?
• Dagget (1998) The Diamond C Ranch
• Lloyd (2003) Buyout plan divides ranchers across the West
• Teirney, (2005) The latest battle in the range wars
• Davis (2006) Drop in Grazing fees

NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES: Oil and Hardrock

A. Theoretical and Geopolitical Perspectives

Mar 13 (Th) Measuring Stocks and Industrial Organization

• Maas (2005) Breaking Point
• Cockburn (2002) Diamonds

Mar 18 (Tu) Rates of Depletion  NO RESPONSE, but notice the link to an extra reading below

• Chiras et al. (2002) Minerals, Mining and a Sustainable Society
• Teece et al. (1993) The Diamond Cartel
• Costanza (1997) Harold Hotelling and the Efficient Use of Resources over Time
• Creno (2008) Settlement entitles some to refunds

Mar 20 (Th) Spatial Distribution and Supply Security in a Global Economy

• Maull (1986) South Africa's minerals: The Achilles Heal of Western economic security?
• Radetski, M (2008) Introduction to A Handbook of Primary Commodities in the Global Economy
• Tierney (2006) Just stop worrying, and keep buying gas

B. Economic and Social Development

April 1 (Tu) Ownership and Control in the U.S.         RESPONSE

• Wilkinson (1992) The Miner's Law(Pp 28-54, 58-64, 67-74)
• McClure (2003) Once public land goes private; Who Owns the West?
• Editorial (2004) Uncle Sam giving away land
• Coile (2005) Accusations of land grab in budget bill
• Wilkinson (2005) Energy boom is crowding ranchers

April 3 (Th) Socioeconomic Development in the More Developed Countries

• Power (1995): Thinking about Natural Resource-Dependent Economies: Moving beyond Folk Economics
• Matthews (2004) Mining Boom Leaves Vein of Resentment In Australian Towns
• Thompson (2008) Reluctant Boomtown
• DO NOT READ Wilkinson (2005) or Paulson (2006)

Apr 8 (Tu ) Socioeconomic Development in the Less Developed Countries

• O'Neill (2007) Curse of the Black Gold
• Schleifer (2005) Azerbaijan oil: a mixed blessing
• Harman (2005) Latin states seek more control of oil
• Prada (2006) Bolivia Nationalizes the Oil and Gas Sector (and follow-up articles)
• Economist (2004) A right royal row

C. Social and Environmental Justice

Apr 10 (Tu) Social and Environmental Justice II

• Knudson (2003) Staining the Amazon
• Associated Press (2004) ChevronTexaco says pollution trial charges unfounded
• Hendricks (2004) Ecuador tribe battles Chevron on oil spill
• Solano (2005) Pressing their pollution case
• Stephens (2007) Amazonian Swindle

Apr 15 (Tu) EXAM

Apr 17 (Th) NO CLASS

ESSENTIAL RESOURCES: Water

A. History of Water Law and Development in the West

Apr 22 (Tu) Water Law         RESPONSE

• Cech (2003) Water Allocation Law
• Wilkinson (1992) Harvesting the April Rivers (Pp.219-235)

Apr 24 (Th) Water Development

• Wilkinson (1992) Harvesting the April Rivers (Pp.235-282)

B. Water Law vs Water Markets in the West

Apr 29 (Tu) Case Studies: The Klamath and Deschutes River Basins

• Hurst ( 2002) Calamity in Klamath
• Neimi (2001) Coping with Competition for Water
• Callahan (2002) Feds urged to release water to save fish
• Kovner (2002) Salmon deaths hit 20,000: agencies spar over river policy
• Barnard (2008) Salmon arrive late, but Klamath Basin returns beating goals
• Geniella (2007) River's Rebirth
• Jenkins (2006) A River Once More

May 1 (Th) Rural - Urban Transfers in the West

• Haddad (2000) The Ghost of Owens Valley
• Wood (2006) After 93 years, L.A. gives its water back
• Haddad (2000) The Palo Verde Irrigation District - Metropolitan Water District "Two-Year Test Land Fallowing" STOP at Pg 110 EFFECTS OF AGREEMENT
• Jenkins (2007) LA Bets on the Farm

C. Water Markets in the Developing World

May 6 (Tu) Privatization of Water Delivery: The Broad Debate      RESPONSE

• Rothfeder (2001) Right or Need?
• Segerfelt (2005) Poor Need Water, Not Ideology & Shortage of Good Policies, Not of Water
• McDonald and Ruiters (2005) What is Water Privatization?

May 8 (Th) Early Privatization and the Backlash     PAPER TITLE DUE

• Rothfeder (2001) Private Ties
• Luoma (2002) The Price of Water (Water for Profit)
• Jeter (2002) South Africa's Driest Season
• Segerfelt (2005) Hazards of Privatization

May 13 (Tu) Corporatization and the South African Case         RESPONSE OUTLINE DUE

• Smith (2005) The Murky Waters of Second Wave Neoliberalism: Corporatization in Cape Town
• Loftus (2005) Free Water as Commodity: The paradoxes of Durban's Water Service Transformations
• Harvey (2005) Managing the Poor by Remote Control
• Smith et al. (2005) Public Money, Private Failure: Testing the Limits of Market Based Solutions

May 15 (Th) Paper Discussions

May 20 (Tu) 11-1pm. EXAM

May 22nd Paper Due 3pm.