The dilemma of the commoners : understanding the use of common-pool resources in long-term perspective
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The dilemma of the commoners : understanding the use of common-pool resources in long-term perspective
Tine de Moor
(Political economy of institutions and decisions)
Cambridge University Press, 2017, c2015
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Originally published: 2015
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-182) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
One of the classic problems in social science is known as 'the dilemma of the commons', in which land, water, and other resources held jointly by social or economic segments tend to be depleted sooner and to a greater extent than privately held assets. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, many aspects of western European society changed fundamentally, including the abolition of common-property rights, which in itself was related to social and economic shifts in that same society. This book intends to put the debate on commons, commoners, and the disappearance of both throughout early modern and modern northwestern Europe in a new light, through new approaches and innovative methodologies. Tine De Moor aims to link the historical debate about the long-term evolution of commons to the present-day debates on common-pool resources, as well as touching upon various disciplines within the social sciences that work on commons issues.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The emergence of commons and other forms of institutions for collective action in western Europe from the late Middle Ages onwards
- 2. Common land and common rights in Flanders
- 3. From rules to practice: case description, sources and methodology
- 4. The choices of the commoners: understanding utility, efficiency and equity on the commons through the behavior of the commoners
- 5. Dealing with dilemmas: conclusions
- 6. Epilogue: the revenge of history? The return of the homo cooperans in present-day western European countries.
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- BD06387430
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- uk
- Title Language Code
- eng
- Text Language Code
- eng
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Pages/Volumes
- xvii, 204 p.
- Size
- 23 cm
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