The Practice of Custom in India’s Recognition of Forest Right’s Act: Case Studies from Kalahandi, Odisha
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- doi:10.4000/samaj.3623
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- Matthew Shutzer
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- 2013
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The Indian Recognition of Forest Right’s Act defines a category of land tenure that is premised upon the recognition of customary entitlements to forest resources entitled to forest dwelling groups. In this paper I examine how the concept of custom is defined by livelihood practices and proprietary rights. I argue that ‘custom’ presents an understanding of agrarian practices that is both a claim to political rights and a normative description of livelihood practices. I analyze the implementation of the Forest Rights Act in the Lanjigarh block of Kalahandi, Odisha, in order to understand what this concept of custom signifies within the political economic setting it is meant to describe.
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Matthew Shutzer. The Practice of Custom in India’s Recognition of Forest Right’s Act: Case Studies from Kalahandi, Odisha. 2013. https://doi.org/10.4000/samaj.3623
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