Elinor Ostrom
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Que sont les « communs » ? La notion ne cesse d’être mobilisée aujourd’hui. Elle traduit le constat d’une évolution des pratiques sociales : les biens seraient davantage mis en partage. Logiciel libre, habitat participatif, vélos ou... more
Cette thèse de doctorat en Études rurales étudie le « Mouvement Terre de Liens » (TDL) tant sur le plan de l’action collective des mouvements sociaux que par la théorie des réseaux sociotechniques. Cette double approche propose dans un... more
... José Carlos Lázaro da Silva Filho, Faculdade de Economia, Administração Atuária e Contabilidade da Universidade Johannes Küchler, Technische Universität-Berlin Institut für Management in der Umweltplanung Luis Felipe Nascimento,... more
Wall – a radical in my view in his integration of scholarship and Green political and movement activism in the UK – has written a book for other radicals – here I would humbly include myself in this category give my own academic-activist... more
Представена е проблематиката на теорията за управлението на общите ресурси и са анализирани двата основни подхода, свързани с нея-подходът през теорията на игрите и перспективата на новата институционална икономика, най-често свързвана с... more
Defining "integral liberty" using five key factors that offer a method of empirical validation.
An analysis of the methodological eclecticism at the core of the writings of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom, founders of the Bloomington School of institutional analysis.
La teoría económica ha clasificado los bienes de forma binaria en públicos y privados por lo cual no ha logrado reconocer el concepto de «bienes comunes» como una categoría específica. En respuesta a ello Elinor Ostrom ha propuesto un... more
Abstract: This article, originally a book review written for the first translation of Hardin' Tragedy of the Commons in French, puts in perspective Hardin's famous work with its later developments and criticisms, as well as with the "... more
This paper, prepared for the 2012 Conference on Earth Systems Governance in Lund, Sweden, explores a possible new local-to-global system for the equitable governance of the “common pool resources.” As normally understood, the “Commons”... more
Esta investigación se basa en una revisión de literatura sobre los aportes de Elinor Ostrom y otros autores sobre la gobernanza de bienes comunes y el desarrollo sostenible. Desde las primeras investigaciones en los sistemas policéntricos... more
ABSTRACT Traditional economic models of how to manage environmental problems relating to renewable natural resources, such as fisheries, have tended to recommend either government regulation or privatisation and the explicit definition of... more
Uno de los problemas que más preocupan a Elinor Ostrom (1933-2012)3 es el de comprender la naturaleza y evolución de las instituciones. En el plano teórico, los científicos sociales frecuentemente sobreestiman su comprensión teórica de los... more
Elinor Ostrom's contributions to the understanding self-organization in collective action processes are discussed from a complexity theory perspective. It is argued that complexity researchers can learn from Ostrom's theory building... more
In this chapter we provide a general introduction to collective action theory. Following Ostrom and Ahn (2009) we differentiate between first and second generation theories of collective action and we divide the chapter into two major... more
În acest capitol construim o prezentare introductivă a problemelor de acţiune colectivă ce au ca obiect central bunurile comune. Capitolul este împărţit în două secţiuni. În prima secţiune definim bunurile comune şi ilustrăm o serie de... more
The social-ecological systems framework (SESF) is arguably the most comprehensive conceptual framework for diagnosing interactions and outcomes in social-ecological systems (SES). This article systematically reviews the literature... more
The path undertaken by social movements and the Municipality of Naples regarding the commons in the last ten years (2011-2021) comprises several administrative acts. The aim of this report is to illustrate some key passages of this... more
In this paper I will analyse and question the idea of “right to landscape” firstly by focusing on the concepts of common good/commons/common pool resources. Regarding the distinction among the previous three terms, I will take inspiration... more
La tesis doctoral lleva a cabo un exhaustivo estudio sobre cómo el concepto de reciprocidad está siendo utilizado por diferentes propuestas económicas para ampliar los márgenes de la racionalidad económica preponderante, basada en el... more
This paper argues that in spite of a seemingly shared historical background, the studies on the commons around Ostrom since the 1980s and their inscription within international development policies have no connection whatsoever with the... more
Prominent radical democrats have in recent times shown a vivid interest in the commons. Ever since the publication of Governing the Commons by Elinor Ostrom, the commons have been associated with a self-governing and self-sustaining... more
Final Project for Social Change course in completion of MA in Sociology @ SHSU
Elinor Ostrom's share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics is cause for celebration among supporters of the commonwealth and democracy alike. While her work provides powerful conceptual resources for sustaining shared resources, it also... more
This paper explores a possible new local-to-global system for the equitable governance of the “common pool resources.” As normally understood, the “Commons” refers to resources that are owned or shared among communities. Such resources... more
Internationally funded carbon forestry projects have become a central concern of scholars and policy makers working on global climate change mitigation. The anticipated impacts of carbon forestry projects on forest-dependent communities... more
Virtue ethics interprets human action as pursuing good ends through practices that develop qualities internal to those final goals. The philosophical approach has been identified as critical of economics, leading in turn to the innovative... more
This is the accepted version of the paper entitled "The local state's repertoires of governance strategies for the urban commons. Nuancing current perspectives" which has been published by Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space.
The article “The tragedy of the commons” by Garrett Hardin is a central reference in the contemporary debates on property, environment, and the economy of material and immaterial resources. Its main thesis is the incompatibility between... more
This essay uses a modified version of the Social-Ecological Systems framework to elucidate and interpret the complex political, ecological and social systems that comprise the use of genetic engineering in food production in the United... more