In Niger the question of rights to pastoral resources illustrates
how struggles in Western mindset have been transported to the
developing world. On the one hand there has been an attempt to
standardise legal frameworks and land tenure practices with uniform
rules. On the other hand, since the 1990s customary practices are
increasingly recognised in legal frameworks. "Struggling for water
and pastures in Niger" investigates the philosophical assumptions
behind the rules governing rights to water and pastures. It shows
how these assumptions inform natural resource struggles on the
ground. The book reveals that points of contest between
universalism and cultural relativism in regards to property, public
authority and justice are reflected in both national legislation
and international development practices. On the basis of a
sensitive study of struggles over water and pastures in the
pastoral areas the author accounts for the outcome of conflict and
cooperation and explains why herders, like people in other
cultures, conceive of their rights in a contradictory manner: as
requiring adoption to cultural specific conditions and yet applies
universally to all.
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