Social Economy
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From ![]() A Note about the PublisherFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
Information about the publisher | David Bollier | 1 | 2019 | $0.10 Add |
From ![]() About the AuthorsFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
Author biographies | David Bollier | 1 | 2019 | $0.10 Add |
From ![]() AcknowledgmentsFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
Acknowledgments | David Bollier | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
From ![]() Appendix ANotes on the Methodology for Identifying Patterns of Commoning From: Free, Fair and Alive |
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 … | David Bollier | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
From ![]() Appendix BVisual Grammar for the Pattern Illustrations From: Free, Fair and Alive |
This appendix provides a guide to the visual grammar of the sphere diagrams used to represent concepts throughout the book. | David Bollier | 8 | 2019 | $0.80 Add |
From ![]() Appendix CCommons and Commoning Tools Mentioned in this Book From: Free, Fair and Alive |
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. | David Bollier | 6 | 2019 | $0.60 Add |
From ![]() Appendix DElinor Ostrum's Eight Design Principles for Successful Commons From: Free, Fair and Alive |
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. | David Bollier | 2 | 2019 | $0.20 Add |
From ![]() Commons and CommoningFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
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 … | David Bollier | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
From ![]() Community Engagement |
A lesson they’ve learned is the importance of creating opportunities for empowerment and sustenance for the people they’re trying to help. Giving away free items without being mindful … | Elisa Birnbaum | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
From ![]() Enclosure and the CommonsFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
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 … | David Bollier | 17 | 2014 | $1.70 Add |
![]() Free, Fair and AliveThe 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 … | David Bollier | 448 | 2019 | View |
From ![]() From Crisis to Opportunity |
What often emerges out of these crisis situations — and their driven response — is opportunity unparalleled. After all, what greater inspiration for social, environmental and business … | Elisa Birnbaum | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
From ![]() NEW! From “institutional daycare” to “early learning and child care for all”The Trudeau government's changing child care file From: The Trudeau Record |
This chapter assesses the Trudeau record on child care and early learning. | Martha Friendly; Susan Prentice | 16 | 2024 | $1.60 Add |
From ![]() Homes, Jobs and FriendsFrom: Beyond Shelters |
Describes what how homeless shelters should be assisting homless people in three areas: finding a home, preparing for work, and developing friendships. Analyzes how the Gateway Shelter (Salvation … | 16 | $1.60 Add | ||
From ![]() IndexFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
Index | David Bollier | 26 | 2019 | $2.60 Add |
From ![]() Innovate or Bust |
Leveraging what already exists and adopting new ideas into the mix can prove effective — and profitable. As we’ll see in this chapter, for social entrepreneurs it’s more than … | Elisa Birnbaum | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |