Title: Governing the commons : the evolution of institutions for collective action

Authors: Ostrom, Elinor

Place: Cambridge [etc.]

Publisher: Cambridge university press

Year: 2003

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: natural resources, environmental management, institutional infrastructure, public administration, community organization, nature conservation

Abstract: [PARTIAL PREVIEW] In this pioneering book Elinor Ostrom tackles one of the most enduring and contentious questions of positive polical economy, whether and how the exploration of common-pool resources can be organized in a way that avoids both excessive consumption and administrative cost.

URL: http://books.google.com/books?id=4xg6oUobMz4C&pg=PR3&hl=nl&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false

Document type: Portal