Governing the Commons
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Governing the Commons is a seminal book by political economist Elinor Ostrom that analyzes how communities successfully manage shared resources without relying solely on privatization or government control.
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| Governing the Commons canonical | 6 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Governing the Commons Context triple: [Elinor Ostrom, notableWork, Governing the Commons]
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A.
The Complexity of Cooperation
The Complexity of Cooperation is a scholarly work by Avi Wigderson that explores how ideas from computational complexity theory illuminate strategic behavior, game theory, and cooperative problem-solving.
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After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy
After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy is a seminal work of neoliberal institutionalist theory in international relations that explains how states achieve cooperation through international institutions even in the absence of a dominant hegemonic power.
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C.
Between Facts and Norms
Between Facts and Norms is a major work of political and legal philosophy by Jürgen Habermas that develops a theory of deliberative democracy and the legitimacy of law through communicative rationality.
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D.
Homesteading the Noosphere
Homesteading the Noosphere is an influential essay by Eric S. Raymond that analyzes the culture, motivations, and property norms of the open-source software community.
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E.
The Law of Peoples
The Law of Peoples is a work of political philosophy by John Rawls that extends his theory of justice to the international realm, outlining principles for a just and stable society of liberal and decent peoples.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Governing the Commons Target entity description: Governing the Commons is a seminal book by political economist Elinor Ostrom that analyzes how communities successfully manage shared resources without relying solely on privatization or government control.
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A.
The Complexity of Cooperation
The Complexity of Cooperation is a scholarly work by Avi Wigderson that explores how ideas from computational complexity theory illuminate strategic behavior, game theory, and cooperative problem-solving.
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B.
After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy
After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy is a seminal work of neoliberal institutionalist theory in international relations that explains how states achieve cooperation through international institutions even in the absence of a dominant hegemonic power.
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C.
Between Facts and Norms
Between Facts and Norms is a major work of political and legal philosophy by Jürgen Habermas that develops a theory of deliberative democracy and the legitimacy of law through communicative rationality.
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D.
Homesteading the Noosphere
Homesteading the Noosphere is an influential essay by Eric S. Raymond that analyzes the culture, motivations, and property norms of the open-source software community.
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E.
The Law of Peoples
The Law of Peoples is a work of political philosophy by John Rawls that extends his theory of justice to the international realm, outlining principles for a just and stable society of liberal and decent peoples.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
academic book
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book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
economics
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environmental studies ⓘ political science ⓘ public policy ⓘ |
| argues | users can self-organize to manage commons sustainably ⓘ |
| author | Elinor Ostrom ⓘ |
| caseStudy |
fisheries
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forests ⓘ irrigation systems ⓘ pastures ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizes |
overreliance on centralized state control for commons management
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overreliance on privatization as a solution to commons problems ⓘ |
| field |
commons studies
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environmental policy ⓘ institutional economics ⓘ political economy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
alternatives to centralized government control
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alternatives to privatization ⓘ local communities managing shared resources ⓘ |
| hasPart |
“An Institutional Approach to the Study of Self-Organization and Self-Governance in CPR Situations”
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“Analyzing Institutional Change” ⓘ “Analyzing Long-Enduring, Self-Organized, and Self-Governed CPRs” ⓘ |
| influenced |
commons governance research
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development studies ⓘ environmental governance theory ⓘ natural resource management policy ⓘ new institutional economics ⓘ polycentric governance theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
collective action
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common-pool resources ⓘ institutional design ⓘ self-governance ⓘ tragedy of the commons ⓘ |
| notableFor |
challenging the inevitability of the tragedy of the commons
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formulating design principles for successful commons institutions ⓘ |
| proposes | design principles for long-enduring common-pool resource institutions ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1990 ⓘ |
| publisher | Cambridge University Press ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences awarded to Elinor Ostrom in 2009
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linked to:
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
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| usesConcept |
collective-action problem
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common-pool resource ⓘ institutional arrangements ⓘ polycentric governance ⓘ |
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Subject: Governing the Commons Description of subject: Governing the Commons is a seminal book by political economist Elinor Ostrom that analyzes how communities successfully manage shared resources without relying solely on privatization or government control.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Public Entrepreneurship: A Case Study in Ground Water Basin Management
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Governing the Commons
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Analyzing Long-Enduring, Self-Organized, and Self-Governed CPRs
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Governing the Commons
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subject linked to:
“Analyzing Long-Enduring, Self-Organized, and Self-Governed CPRs”