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Governing the commons : the evolution of institutions for collective action / Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Canto classicsPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015Copyright date: © 2015Edition: Canto classics editionDescription: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 280 Seiten) : IllustrationenISBN:
  • 9781316423936
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781107569782. | Erscheint auch als: 9781107569782 Druck-Ausgabe | Erscheint auch als: Governing the commons. Druck-Ausgabe Canto classics edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015. xvi, 280 Seiten | Erscheint auch als: Governing the commons. Druck-Ausgabe 18. print. Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2006. XVIII, 280 S.DDC classification:
  • 333.2
RVK: RVK: AR 28300 | MS 5800 | PN 795 | QD 040 | WK 9100 | AR 26100 | QT 000Local classification: Lokale Notation: wirt 3.3LOC classification:
  • HD1286
DOI: DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781316423936Online resources: Summary: The governance of natural resources used by many individuals in common is an issue of increasing concern to policy analysts. Both state control and privatization of resources have been advocated, but neither the state nor the market have been uniformly successful in solving common pool resource problems. After critiquing the foundations of policy analysis as applied to natural resources, Elinor Ostrom here provides a unique body of empirical data to explore conditions under which common pool resource problems have been satisfactorily or unsatisfactorily solved. Dr Ostrom uses institutional analysis to explore different ways - both successful and unsuccessful - of governing the commons. In contrast to the proposition of the 'tragedy of the commons' argument, common pool problems sometimes are solved by voluntary organizations rather than by a coercive state. Among the cases considered are communal tenure in meadows and forests, irrigation communities and other water rights, and fisheriesPPN: PPN: 838520782Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-20-CBO | ZDB-20-CHS
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