Doctoral Dissertation Research: Property Rights and Land Use in Changing Rights, Changing Forests: Sabah, Malaysia

9511470 Peluso这一实地研究探讨了政治经济变化对沙巴京那巴鲁山周围杜孙村民的法律的和习惯财产法制度和做法的影响。 1930年，杜孙族的社区森林资源管理实践获得了法律的地位。 现在，村民们认为，他们社区森林（法律上称为“土著保留地”）内的土地和资源私有化是经济生存所必需的。 如果森林保护区由社区管理转为私人所有或出售给外部利益集团，这些资源的使用、保护和分配可能会发生巨大变化。 这项研究的重点将是从习惯法向正式法律的制度的转变如何影响到地方财产权和土地使用做法，并导致社区之间和社区内部在土地使用和所有权问题上发生冲突。 它将扩大知识体系，强调在更大的历史和政治经济背景下整合资源管理和产权法律制度的重要性，以了解资源使用者的行为。 它可能会表明，财产权以及对资源的控制和获取是影响资源管理系统的关键因素。 %本实地研究考察了政治经济变化对马来西亚沙巴京那巴鲁山周围杜孙村民的法律的和习惯财产法制度和实践的影响。村民们现在认为，他们以前共有的森林内的土地和资源私有化是经济生存所必需的。 如果森林保护区由社区管理转为私人所有或出售给外部利益集团，这些资源的使用、保护和分配可能会发生巨大变化。 这项研究的重点将是从习惯法向正式法律的制度的转变如何影响地方财产权和土地使用做法，并导致社区之间和社区内部在土地使用和所有权问题上的冲突。 ****

9511470 Peluso This field research examines the impact of a changing political economy on legal and customary property law systems and practices among Dusun villagers around Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia. The communal forest resources management practices of the Dusun were given legal status in 1930. Now villagers believe that the privatization of land and resources within their community forests (legally, "Native Reserves") is necessary for economic survival. If forest reserves are moved from community management to private ownership or sold to outside interests, dramatic changes in the use, protection, and distribution of these resources will probably occur. The focus of this research will be on the ways in which transformation from customary laws to a formal legal system has affected local property rights and land use practices and resulted in conflicts between and within communities over use and ownership of land. It will expand the body of knowledge that emphasizes the importance of integrating resource management and property rights law systems within the larger historical and political-economic context to understand the behavior of resource users. It will probably demonstrate that property rights and control over and access to resources are crucial factors affecting resource management systems. %%%% This field research examines the impact of a changing political economy on legal and customary property law systems and practices among Dusun villagers around Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia. The villagers now believe that the privatization of land and resources within their previously-communal forests is necessary for economic survival. If forest reserves are moved from community management to private ownership or sold to outside interests, dramatic changes in the use, protection, and distribution of these resources will probably occur. The focus of this research will be on the ways in which transformation from customary laws to a formal legal system has affected local prope rty rights and land use practices and resulted in conflicts between and within communities over use and ownership of land. ****