Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (Political Economy of...

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 first describes three models most frequently used as the foundation for recommending state or market solutions. She then outlines theoretical and empirical alternatives to these models in order to illustrate the diversity of possible solutions. In the following chapters she uses institutional analysis to examine 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 fisheries. more

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3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-23-2009; Slightly poorer quality than expected- but Ok.; The book has extensive highlightling in it as was sold as being in 'good' condition. I would have rated it as fair.; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Nov-13-2008; Hints on how to read Governing the Commons; Elinor Ostrom's Governing the Commons is a wonderful introduction to the world of "common pool resources," a.k.a. CPRs. Technicalities aside, a CPR is a resource that grows over time but can be harvested by more than one person. The...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-02-2007; Addressing the Collective Action Problem; Ostrom attempts to refute the belief that only through state and or market-centered controls can commonly pooled resources (CPRs) be effectively governed. Ostrom writes, "Communities of individuals have relied on institutions resembling...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-30-2006; One of the most important works in the social science literature published in the last 100 years; "Governing the Commons" has become a classic, not only within the literature of political science, but more broadly throughout the social sciences. In the book, Elinor Ostrom argues brilliantly and compelling for a third way of avoiding...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Nov-13-2008; Hints on how to read Governing the Commons; Elinor Ostrom's Governing the Commons is a wonderful introduction to the world of "common pool resources," a.k.a. CPRs. Technicalities aside, a CPR is a resource that grows over time but can be harvested by more than one person. The...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-23-2009; Slightly poorer quality than expected- but Ok.; The book has extensive highlightling in it as was sold as being in 'good' condition. I would have rated it as fair.; read full review | report as inappropriate