Communities are invariably heterogeneous and various factors such as caste, class, gender, religion, etc. constitute internal power hierarchies. These power structures manifest in the way commons are accessed, utilized and managed. The politics of commons is thus the politics of perceptions as well as the politics of power relations within communities. It is difficult to understand the way commons are perceived without understanding these complex power structures. As a result, power is often scattered as opposed to a very clear hierarchy. Identifying how the power is expressed through practices, rules and norms on ground would be useful to understand the implications on common pool resources.

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