David Bollier

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A Note about the Publisher

A Note about the Publisher

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About the Authors

About the Authors

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Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

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Additional Content

Additional Content

- The Commons, Short and Sweet - The Logic of the Commons and the Market

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A quick synopsis of what the commons is and what is means. Plus the logic of Commons and the Market – A comparison of their core beliefs. 6 $0.60 Add
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Appendix A

Appendix A

Notes on the Methodology for Identifying Patterns of Commoning

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This appendix details how the authors came to see the patterns in commons and more about the pattern language observation process generally. They share interview questions about behaviours in … 14 $1.40 Add
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Appendix B

Appendix B

Visual Grammar for the Pattern Illustrations

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This appendix provides a guide to the visual grammar of the sphere diagrams used to represent concepts throughout the book. 8 $0.80 Add
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Appendix C

Appendix C

Commons and Commoning Tools Mentioned in this Book

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This appendix is a list of all the commons and commons tools appearing in the book in alphabetical order with brief descriptions and page numbers. 6 $0.60 Add
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Appendix D

Appendix D

Elinor Ostrum's Eight Design Principles for Successful Commons

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Appendix D shares briefly Elinor Ostrum’s design principles for commons from her 1990 book Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action. 2 $0.20 Add
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Commons and Commoning

Commons and Commoning

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In the first chapter, the authors argue first that large-scale cooperation is possible for humans, and that commoning, our capacity to self-organize and help each other through creation of … 16 $1.60 Add
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Enclosure and the Commons

Enclosure and the Commons

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What happens when markets become so powerful that they disrupt natural ecosystems, reorder how people conduct their lives and claim ownership of life-forms? It is sometimes difficult to step … 17 $1.70 Add
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Enclosures of Knowledge and Culture

Enclosures of Knowledge and Culture

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Copyright and trademark law — with help from new types of “technological locks” that encrypt DVDs and ebooks — are privatizing more and more of our shared culture so that … 14 $1.40 Add
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Enclosures of Public Spaces and Infrastructure

Enclosures of Public Spaces and Infrastructure

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The city is one of the most fiercely contested arenas for market enclosures. Public squares, parks, walkways, sports arenas and the very face and identity of a city are being taken over by a cozy … 10 $1.00 Add
Free, Fair and Alive

Free, Fair and Alive

The Insurgent Power of the Commons

From co-housing and agroecology to fisheries and open-source everything, people around the world are increasingly turning to ‘commoning’ to emancipate themselves from a predatory … 448 View
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Index

Index

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Introduction

Introduction

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The point of this book is to gently dispel such prejudices and provide a short introduction to the commons. After encountering so much confusion about the commons over the years — and … 8 $0.80 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

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In the introduction, the authors frame current modern challenges such as climate change and social inequity as issues that can be effectively addressed through a lens of the commons, which they … 9 $0.90 Add