Revisiting A Theory of Access: A review

Myers, Rodd and Hansen, Christian Pilegaard (2020) Revisiting A Theory of Access: A review. Society and Natural Resources, 33 (2). pp. 146-166. ISSN 0894-1920

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Abstract

A Theory of Access (Ribot and Peluso 2003) was published 15 years ago. With almost 1600 publications citing it, the paper is instrumental in expanding scholarly thinking beyond property by exploring notions of power. We reviewed all available literature that cited A Theory of Access to understand its influence on academic literature. We first analyse literature in relation to other frameworks with similar concerns: (1) entitlements framework, (2) sustainable livelihoods approach, (3) powers of exclusion; and subsequently move to a review of how it has been engaged in broader theoretical and conceptual debates in the social sciences: (4) gender, (5) materiality, (6) property and authority, and (7) power. The analysis shows most of the literature interacts with A Theory of Access superficially. Substantial attempts to address A Theory of Access were varied and often used it to develop other social theory rather than to modify A Theory of Access.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: access,natural resources-environmental sociology,power,development,environmental science (miscellaneous),sociology and political science ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3303
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of International Development
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 13 Jun 2019 09:30
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2022 04:39
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/71366
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2018.1560522

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