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Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Elinor Ostrom, Thrainn Eggertsson (Editor), Randall Calvert
ISBN-13: 9780521405997, ISBN-10: 0521405998
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: November 1990
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Elinor Ostrom

Book Synopsis

This study examines the conditions under which common pool resource problems have been satisfactorily or unsatisfactorily solved.

Table of Contents

Series editors; preface; Preface;
1. Reflections on the commons;
2. An institutional approach to the study of self-organization and self-governance in CPR situations;
3. Analyzing long-enduring, self-organized and self-governed CPRs;
4. Analyzing institutional change;
5. Analyzing institutional failures and fragilities;
6. A framework for analysis of self-organizing and self-governing CPRs; Notes; References; Index.

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