The emergence of the village and the transformation of traditional institutions: A case study from northern Tanzania
This paper examines how the 2008�2009 drought contributed to the transformation of governance of the management of natural resources
Abstract
This paper examines how the 2008�2009 drought in northern Tanzania contributed to and catalyzed the transformation of governance concerning the management of natural resources from traditional informal institutions among the Maasai to formal village-based institutions. Our central argument is that village governance in northern Tanzania represents a new, formal institution that is supplementing and in some important ways obviating traditional, informal institutions. Further, this replacement is central to what appears to be a transformation of the social-ecological system embracing the rangelands and pastoral/agro-pastoral people in northern Tanzania. In this paper, we document the basis for our claims concerning the institutional shift and discuss its implications for livelihoods and social relationships.
This is a publication arising from the Zoonoses and Emerging Livestock Systems (ZELS) programme
Citation
McCabe J, Leslie P, Davis A (2020). The emergence of the village and the transformation of traditional institutions: A case study from northern Tanzania. Hum Organ. 79:150-160.