Where’s the glue? Institutional and cultural foundations of American Indian economic development

Cornell, Stephen; Kalt, Joseph P.

doi:10.1016/s1053-5357(00)00080-9

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“…This is consistent with many scientific results (Cornell and Kalt 1991, Jorgensen and Taylor 2000, Trosper et al 2008. It certainly contrasts with "the traditional model, where Chief and Council were responsible for the everyday management of community-owned businesses" (Graham and Wilson 2004).…”

Section: The Role Of the Band Council: Supporting Without Interferingsupporting

confidence: 81%

Aboriginal forestry entrepreneurship: A case study in Mashteuiatsh Ilnu Nation

Beaudoin¹,

LeBel²,

Bouthillier³

2009

The Forestry Chronicle

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The participation of the First Nations in Canadian forestry is a growing and irreversible phenomenon. There is a lack of information on forestry initiatives in Aboriginal communities, particularly regarding factors contributing to entrepreneurial development within Aboriginal communities. It is in this context that we present a case study that allowed us to draw a portrait of forestry entrepreneurs within the Ilnu community of Mashteuiatsh. Our results reveal the determinant but delicate role played by the band council in developing forestry entrepreneurship in the community. Our research also indicates that it is essential to define the roles of various economic and political stakeholders in order to promote private forestry initiatives.Key words: Aboriginal people, forestry, economic development, entrepreneurship RÉSUMÉ La participation des Premières Nations à la foresterie canadienne est un phénomène en croissance et irréversible. Il existe un manque d'information sur les initiatives forestières des communautés autochtones. En particulier, les facteurs contribuant au développement entrepreneurial au sein des communautés autochtones sont méconnus. Avec l' étude du cas de la communauté Ilnu de Mashteuiatsh, nous présentons un portrait des entrepreneurs forestiers autochtones. Nos résultats révèlent le rôle déterminant mais délicat joué par le conseil de bande pour développer l' entrepreneuriat forestier dans la communauté. Notre recherche montre aussi qu'il est essentiel de préciser les rôles des différents acteurs économiques et politiques afin de favoriser les initiatives privées en foresterie.

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Section: The Role Of the Band Council: Supporting Without Interferingsupporting

confidence: 81%

Aboriginal forestry entrepreneurship: A case study in Mashteuiatsh Ilnu Nation

Beaudoin¹,

LeBel²,

Bouthillier³

2009

The Forestry Chronicle

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“…in this context, elected leaders appear to have difficulty keeping order and organizing community contributions to collective goods. 60 Beath, christia, and Enikolopov 2013b;cornell and Kalt 2000;Englebert 2000;Wade 1988. 61 For an example of this type of collaboration, see the discussion in swidler 2013, 323. although our empirical analysis focuses exclusively on liberia, research by other scholars in other settings is consistent with our findings.…”

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confidence: 99%

Elections and Collective Action: Evidence from Changes in Traditional Institutions in Liberia

Baldwin¹,

Mvukiyehe²

2015

World Pol.

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yet many communities that do not select their leaders by elections have also proved themselves capable of overcoming collective action dilemmas. in particular, the reliance on "traditional" leaders to mobilize communities for collective action is common in developing countries. such leaders are typically not elected and they are argued to be effective in mobilizing collective action because of their ability to appeal to custom and long-established norms as a source of legitimacy.3 in the * the authors would like to thank oeindrila dube, Guy Grossman, caroline Payne, three anonymous reviewers, the editors of World Politics, and audience members at the contemporary african Political Economy Research seminar and the alexander hamilton center Graduate student conference at new york university, and the center for the study of african Politics at the university of Florida, for helpful comments. We are grateful to cyrus samii for his collaboration on this project, and to the survey team for excellent work. Part of this project was commissioned by the united nations' office of internal oversight services (un-oios), as part of an evaluation of the united nations Mission in liberia's (unMil) operations, with additional funding provided by the swedish Government's Folke Bernadotte academy. Kate Baldwin acknowledges the support of the center for the study of democratic Politics at Princeton university. the views expressed in this paper are the authors' own and do not reflect the position of funding agencies.

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“…Cornell and Kalt 2000) of Bininj governance lies in its institutions; that is, in its own 'rules of the game', the way things should be done. These give legitimacy to practice, and include laws, kinship and marriage systems, behavioural and gender norms, family values, religious beliefs and moral system, principles of land ownership, ceremony and ritual, and so on (see Kesteven and Smith 1984;.…”

Section: Re-imagining Indigenous Governancementioning

confidence: 99%