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Conflict, Cooperation, and Institutional Change on the Commons

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  • Eric A. Coleman
  • Esther Mwangi

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Rational choice scholarship posits two principal theories to explain why political institutions emerge and change: cooperation theory and conflict theory. We evaluate cooperation theory and conflict theory to explain the emergence of common property institutions among a group of Maasai pastoralists in southwestern Kenya. Our empirical results show that the change to common property is best explained by conflict theory.

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  • Eric A. Coleman & Esther Mwangi, 2015. "Conflict, Cooperation, and Institutional Change on the Commons," American Journal of Political Science, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 59(4), pages 855-865, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:amposc:v:59:y:2015:i:4:p:855-865
    DOI: 10.1111/ajps.12137
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    1. Leeson, Peter T. & Harris, Colin, 2018. "Wealth-destroying private property rights," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 107(C), pages 1-9.
    2. Peter T. Leeson & Colin Harris, 2018. "Testing rational choice theories of institutional change," Rationality and Society, , vol. 30(4), pages 420-431, November.
    3. Ramprasad, Vijay, 2021. "Institutional benefit pathways in development," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).

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