The Question of the Commons : The Culture and Ecology of Communal Resources
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0816512051
ISBN-13
9780816512058
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Imprint
University of Arizona Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 30th, 1990
Print length
439 Pages
Weight
632 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.50 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Environmental management
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A collection of papers by anthropologists, political scientists and economists evaluating the Hardin argument against the evidence of ethnographic studies and broadening the range of possible solutions to the issue of commons management.
This collection of eighteen original essays evaluates the use and misuse of common-property resources, taking as its starting point ecologist Garret Hardin''s assertion in ""The Tragedy of the Commons"" that common property is doomed to overexploitation in any society. This book represents the first cross-cultural test of Hardin''s argument and argues that, while tragedies of the commons do occur under some circumstances, local institutions have proven resilient and responsive to the problems of communal resource use.
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