
The Question of the Commons
The Culture and Ecology of Communal Resources
University of Arizona Press
Will be published approx. on 30. July 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
439 pages
978-0-8165-1205-8 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Tucson
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
726 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8165-1205-8 (9780816512058)
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Unknown | Bonnie J. McCay | James M. Acheson
Question of the Commons
The Culture and Ecology of Communal Resources
E-Book
04/2022
1st Edition
University of Arizona Press
€94.99
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Persons
Bonnie J. McCay is a professor of anthropology and ecology at Rutgers University.