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Author Rignall, Karen E., 1970- author.

Title An elusive common : land, politics, and agrarian rurality in a Moroccan oasis / Karen E. Rignall
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2021
©2021

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 252 pages) illustrations, maps
Series Cornell series on land: new perspectives on territory, development, and environment
Cornell series on land.
Contents Custom and the ambivalent romance of community -- Political pluralism, local politics, and the state -- Land and the new commoning -- Environmental politics and the new rurality -- Making a living on and off the land
Summary "This book documents how small farmers and other residents in Morocco's southeastern oases engage with global markets to invest new resources and meaning in their rural communities. They use their global engagements to challenge their historical oppression and reinvigorate customary land tenure and social arrangements"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 22, 2021)
Subject Land use, Rural -- Political aspects -- Morocco
Land use, Rural -- Social aspects -- Morocco
Land use, Rural -- Economic aspects -- Morocco
Globalization -- Political aspects -- Morocco
Globalization -- Social aspects -- Morocco
Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Morocco
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography
Globalization -- Economic aspects
Globalization -- Political aspects
Globalization -- Social aspects
Land use, Rural -- Economic aspects
Land use, Rural -- Political aspects
Land use, Rural -- Social aspects
Rural conditions
SUBJECT Morocco -- Rural conditions -- 21st century
Subject Morocco
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020057796
ISBN 9781501756153
150175615X
9781501756146
1501756141