Social network legitimacy, Property right loopholes and Land use conflicts : Evidences from an infrastructural water project in Pakistan
Résumé
Little attention has been devoted to the role of social networks and property rights in infrastructural development projects. We use Chotiari water reservoir project data from Pakistan, in order to explore social network of actors on land use as well as property right violation, which have created dissimilar power distribution and significant land use conflicts. This research investigates the mechanisms of rural social discrimination by analyzing that how public officials with their aliened stakeholders have pressurized local population to displace in the name of development. The study shows that institutional inconsistency towards justice has lead indigenous people in mistrust and the project opposition. Thus, attention to such conflicts, their resolution and prevention is an important area for research and policy development.