EAN: 9783030875008

SELF-GOVERNANCE AND SAMI COMMUNITIES - JESPER L...

This open access book uses an interdisciplinary approach that not only focuses on social
organization but also analyzes how societies and ecological settings were interwoven. How did
early modern indigenous Sami inhabitants in interior northwest Fennoscandia build institutions
for governance of natural resources? The book answers this question by exploring how they made
decisions regarding natural resource management  mainly with regard to wild game  fish  and
grazing land and illuminate how Sami users  in a changing economy  altered the long-term rules
for use of land and water in a self-governance context. The early modern period was a
transforming phase of property rights due to fundamental changes in Sami economy: from an
economy based on fishing and hunting to an economy where reindeer pastoralism became the main
occupation for many Sami. The book gives a new portrayal of how proficiently and systematically
indigenous inhabitants organized and governed natural assets and how capable they were in
building highly functioning institutions for governance.

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