4. Overcoming the tragedy with the Ostroms

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Preface 9
4. Introduction 13
5. 1. The concept of democracy 19
6. 2. The competitive market and the state 29
7. 3. Garrett Hardin’s tragedy of the unregulated commons 45
8. 4. Overcoming the tragedy with the Ostroms 51
9. 5. An ecological understanding of the commons 89
10. 6. Towards a commons theory of property 143
11. 7. The role of the state in a commonscreating society 207
12. 8. Commons and the market 251
13. 9. Conclusion 279
14. Literature 299