11 pages, via online journal, Land fragmentation is an interesting physical character in some developing countries, especially China. This study aims to discover the direct and mediated effects of land fragmentation on collective action in China based on an empirical test and the social-ecological system framework. We introduce three innovations to the literature on collective action in the commons. First, we focus on the mechanism of land fragmentation on collective action in the commons, which has been largely ignored in the literature. Second, building on the social-ecological system framework, we use structural equation modeling, which is robust to endogeneity and latent variable problems. Third, we use original survey data from 3895 households and 284 villages from 17 provinces/regions in China, a critical case because China has some of the most fragmented farmland use in the world. We find that land fragmentation has a direct negative effect on irrigation collective action. And besides the direct negative effect, there are four indirect factors: dependency on farming, irrigation rule-making, economic pressure and land circulation. Of these, the first three have a negative effect, and the last one, a positive effect. Our findings add to the theoretical literature on collective action in the commons and suggest new policy handles for more efficient land and labor markets in China.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: B01484
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AgComm Teaching, see also ID B01478, In mass communication and the development of nations (ppVI-1-VI-24). East Lansing Michigan: International Communication Institute, Michigan State University
Hu, Xinli (author), Ma, Lianjie (author), and IEEE, New York City, New York.
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2010-06-13
Published:
China
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 181 Document Number: C36592
Notes:
Pages 396-399 in proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Computer and Communication Technologies in Agriculture Engineering, Chengdu, China, June 12-13, 2010.
Leonard, David (author), Sims, Holly (author), and Sims: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Claremont College, CA; Leonard: Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1990
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 81 Document Number: C04852
Notes:
In: Kaimowitz, David, ed. Making the link. Boulder, CO : Westview, 1990. p. 43-73
