Managing the Commons, Second Edition

by John A. Baden (Editor), Douglas S. Noonan (Editor)

Overview

" . . . an impressive collection of essays that provide a wide-ranging look at the question of how best to manage our common-pool resources. . . . a thought-provoking read . . . " —The Journal of Environmental Education

This is a new edition of a pioneering work on the origins, developments, and recent innovations in the debate on managing commonly-owned lands and resources. It includes both new and updated essays which focus on alternate institutional approaches to managing these resources to prevent environmental tragedy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780253211538
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Publication date:	04/22/1998
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

John A. Baden is Chairman of the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE) and the Gallatin Institute. He was co-contributing editor of the first edition of Managing the Commons with Garrett Hardin. He is also contributimh editor of Environmental Gore and writes a syndicated column for the Seattle Times.

DOUGLAS S. NOONAN is Research Assistant at the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE) and the Gallatin Institute. He is a graduate of the University of Washington's Jackson School of International Studies.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Putting the Commons First
Managing Commons and Community: Pacific Northwest People, Salmon, Rivers, and Sea
(William D. Ruckelshaus)
Classic Tragedy of the Commons
The Tragedy of the Commons (Garrett Hardin)
The Economic Theory of a Common-Property Resource: The Fishery (H. Scott Gordon)
Group Size and Group Behavior (Mancur Olson, Jr.)
A New Primer for the Management of Common-Pool Resources and Public Goods (John A. Baden)
Developing Theories of the Commons
Environmental Resource Management: Public or Private? (Robert L. Bish)
The Tragedy of the Commons: Twenty-Two Years Later (David Feeny, Fikret Berkes, Bonnie L. McCay, James M. Acheson)
Reflections on the Commons (Elinor Ostrom)
Organizing the Commons
From Free Grass to Fences: Transforming the Commons of the American West (Terry L. Anderson and P. J. Hill)
Communitarianism and the Logic of the Commons (John A. Baden)
A Community Corporation Approach to Management of Marine Fisheries: With Some Potential Applications to Hawaii (Samuel G. Pooley and Ralph E. Townsend)
International Fisheries Management Institutions: Europe and the South Pacific (Douglas S. Noonan)
Problematic Conceptions of the Commons: Alternative Perspectives Dealing with Problematic Commons:
The Viewshed (Randal O'Toole)
Internet Decentralization, Feedback, and Self-Organization (Douglas S. Noonan)
Environmental Versus Political Pollution (Dwight R. Lee)
The Federal Treasury as a Common Pool Resource: The Predatory Bureaucracy as a Management Tool (John A. Baden and Douglas S. Noonan)
Living on a Lifeboat (Garrett Hardin)
Clear Thinking About the Earth (Lynn Scarlett)
Index