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Community and the Endogenous Solution of Commons Problems

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  • Elinor Ostrom

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In their article in this issue, Singleton and Taylor ask why some groups of users of a commons are able to resolve their collective action problems on their own and others are not. They argue that when groups approximate a community of mutually vulnerable individuals, they are able to develop endogenous solutions. In this note, I discuss four questions: (1) Is community important for the solution of CPR problems? (2) Is community sufficient for the solution of CPR problems? (3) Is community necessary for the solution of CPR problems? and (4) Are solutions to CPR problems robust over the long-run without enforcers?

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  • Elinor Ostrom, 1992. "Community and the Endogenous Solution of Commons Problems," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 4(3), pages 343-351, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jothpo:v:4:y:1992:i:3:p:343-351
    DOI: 10.1177/0951692892004003006
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    1. Christos J. Paraskevopoulos, 2007. "Social Capital and Public Policy in Greece," GreeSE – Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe 09, Hellenic Observatory, LSE.
    2. Flora E. Lu & Néstor L. Silva, 2015. "Imagined Borders: (Un)Bounded Spaces of Oil Extraction and Indigenous Sociality in “Post-Neoliberal” Ecuador," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 4(2), pages 1-25, June.
    3. Rana, Pushpendra & Chhatre, Ashwini, 2017. "Beyond committees: Hybrid forest governance for equity and sustainability," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 40-50.

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