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Preface 5 I Theoretical background 13 Why Study the Commons? 15 What are the commons? 15 The tragedy 17 The common pasture of Hardin 19 The tragedy is not inevitable 20 Plan of the book 22 Critical reflections 23 Make yourself think 23 References 23 Defining Institutions 25 Overview 25 Institutional diversity 26 How to analyze institutions? 28 Action arenas and institutional analysis 29 Context of the action arena 33 Critical reflections 35 Make yourself think 35 References 35 Action Arenas and Action Situations 37 Action arenas 37 The basic working parts of action situations 40 Participants 40 Positions 42 Potential outcomes 44 Actions 45 Control 45 Information about the action situation 45 Costs and benefits 46 Linking action situations 46 Outcomes 48 Critical reflections 48 Make yourself think 49 References 49 Social Dilemmas 51 Introduction 51 Prisoner's dilemma 52 Social dilemmas as an action situation 53 Coordination games 54 A typology of goods 55 Critical reflections 59 Make yourself think 59 References 59 II Case Studies 61 Water Governance 63 Introduction 63 Water scarcity 66 Water abundance 68 Distribution of water: irrigation 70 Water pollution 72 Critical reflections

Author

John M. Anderies

Publisher

Arizona State University

Language

EN