Die Verfassung der Allmende

The governance of natural resources used by many individuals in common is an issue of increasing concern to policy analysts. Both state control and privatization of resources have been advocated, but neither the state nor the market has been uniformly successful in solving common-pool resource problems. After critiquing the foundations of policy analysis as applied to natural resources, Elinor Ostrom here provides a unique body of empirical data to explore the conditions under which common-pool resource problems have been satisfactorily solved. Elinor Ostrom first describes three models most frequently used as the foundation for recommending state or market solutions. She then outlines theoretical and empirical alternatives to these models in order to illustrate the diversity of possible solutions.Reflexionen über Allmenden - Ein institutionenökonomischer Ansatz zur Untersuchung der Selbstorganisation und Selbstverwaltung in Allmenderessource-Situationen - Analyse langlebiger, selbstorganisierter und selbstverwalteter Allmenderessourcen - Analyse der Institutionentransformation - Analyse des Versagens und der Fragilität von Institutionen - Ein Bezugssystem für die Analyse selbstorganisierter und selbstverwalteter Allmenderessourcen