TY - BOOK ID - 46209368 TI - Routledge handbook of the study of the commons AU - Theesfeld, Insa AU - Hudson, Blake AU - Rosenbloom, Jonathan D. AU - Cole, Daniel G. PY - 2019 SN - 1315162784 1351669230 1351669249 1138060909 9781315162782 9781351669238 9781351669221 1351669222 9781351669245 9781138060906 PB - Taylor & Francis DB - UniCat KW - Common heritage of mankind (International law) KW - Global commons. KW - Commons. KW - Common lands KW - Commons KW - Communal land KW - Communal lands KW - Land tenure KW - Public lands KW - Real property KW - Marks (Medieval land tenure) KW - Natural resources, Communal KW - Village communities KW - Commons, Global KW - Natural resources KW - International commons KW - Customary law, International KW - Res omnium communes KW - Environmental law, International KW - Sovereignty KW - Law and legislation KW - Natural resource management KW - methods KW - pseudo-commons KW - post-socialist countries UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46209368 AB - The "commons" has come to mean many things to many people, and the term is often used inconsistently. The study of the commons has expanded dramatically since Garrett Hardin's The Tragedy of the Commons (1968) popularized the dilemma faced by users of common pool resources. This comprehensive Handbook serves as a unique synthesis and resource for understanding how analytical frameworks developed within the literature assist in understanding the nature and management of commons resources. Such frameworks include those related to Institutional Analysis and Development, Social-Ecological Systems, and Polycentricity, among others. The book aggregates and analyses these frameworks to lay a foundation for exploring how they apply according to scholars across a wide range of disciplines. It includes an exploration of the unique problems arising in different disciplines of commons study, including natural resources (forests, oceans, water, energy, ecosystems, etc), economics, law, governance, the humanities, and intellectual property. It shows how the analytical frameworks discussed early in the book facilitate interdisciplinarity within commons scholarship. This interdisciplinary approach within the context of analytical frameworks helps facilitate a more complete understanding of the similarities and differences faced by commons resource users and managers, the usefulness of the commons lens as an analytical tool for studying resource management problems, and the best mechanisms by which to formulate policies aimed at addressing such problems. ER -