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Democracy, Markets and the Commons : Towards a Reconciliation of Freedom and Ecology /

How can we overcome the existing political, economic, and ecological crises that humanity faces? With the notion of the commons, Lukas Peter argues that this form of social organization can provide answers to the shortcomings of centralized states and open and competitive markets. By building on and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peter, Lukas, 1981- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript-Verlag, [2021]
Colección:Sozialtheorie ; 107
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The concept of democracy
  • 2. The competitive market and the state
  • 3. Garrett Hardin's tragedy of the unregulated commons
  • 4. Overcoming the tragedy with the Ostroms
  • 5. An ecological understanding of the commons
  • 6. Towards a commons theory of property
  • 7. The role of the state in a commonscreating society
  • 8. Commons and the market
  • 9. Conclusion
  • Literature