Property rights conflict, customary institutions and the state: the case of agro-pastoralists in Mieso district, eastern Ethiopia*
Property rights conflict, customary institutions and the state: the case of agro-pastoralists in Mieso district, eastern Ethiopia*
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产权冲突、习惯制度和国家：埃塞俄比亚东部米索地区农牧民的案例*
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2009
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F. Beyene
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F. Beyene
摘要 本文探讨了关于以前作为公共财产使用的牧场的种族间冲突。它介绍了在埃塞俄比亚东部米索地区进行的一项研究的结果，该地区的两个民族维持着不同的生产系统——牧业和农牧业。某一民族土地利用的历史性变化、资源稀缺、违反习惯规范、权力不对称和牲畜袭击等都是导致冲突再次发生的因素。尤其重要的是袭击在引发冲突和限制进入放牧区方面的作用。社会经济和政治因素导致权力不对称和袭击规模不断扩大。暴力频率的增加和冲突管理中习惯权力能力的下降，促进了国家在建立可执行的产权机构方面的作用。只有将政策和干预措施转向抑制暴力动机、与双方部族长老协商建立新的体制结构以及建立监测引发冲突的事件的内部能力，这一目标才能取得成功。
ABSTRACT This paper examines inter-ethnic conflict over grazing land previously accessed as common property. It presents results of a study undertaken in Mieso district of eastern Ethiopia where two ethnic groups maintain different production systems – pastoral and agropastoral. The historical change in land use by one of the ethnic groups, resource scarcity, violation of customary norms, power asymmetry and livestock raids are among the factors that have contributed to the recurrence of conflict. Particularly important is the role of raids in triggering conflict and restricting access to grazing areas. Socio-economic and political factors are responsible for power asymmetry and the increasing scale of raids. An increase in the frequency of violence and a decline in the capacity of customary authority in conflict management advance the role of the state in establishing enforceable property rights institutions. This will succeed only if policies and interventions are redirected at suppressing incentives for violence, establishing new institutional structures in consultation with clan elders of both parties, and building internal capacity to monitor conflict-triggering events.