The Question of the Commons: The Culture and Ecology of Communal Resources (Arizona Studies in Human Ecology) - Hardcover
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Synopsis
This collection of eighteen original essays evaluates the use and misuse of common-property resources, taking as its starting point ecologist Garret Hardin's assertion in "The Tragedy of the Commons" that common property is doomed to overexploitation in any society. This book represents the first cross-cultural test of Hardin's argument and argues that, while tragedies of the commons do occur under some circumstances, local institutions have proven resilient and responsive to the problems of communal resource use.
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About the Author
Bonnie J. McCay is a professor of anthropology and ecology at Rutgers University.
Review
"As population grows, individuals have incentives to expand their exploitation well beyond the optimal yield or capacity of the resource. . . . It is a salutary message, well and diversely substantiated, that should gain the attention of anyone concerned with human ecology, population and resource management, or development." —Science"This important book will provide an essential baseline for further work on that issue. . . . It will also be important for research in the anthropology of development and in the ecology of small-scale societies functioning as parts of much larger economic systems." —Choice"The question of the commons has never been addressed so thoroughly and comprehensively as in this book. It has been worth waiting for." —American Anthropologist
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Cloth. Condition: Collectible-Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Apparent First Edition. Is common property doomed to overexploitation? 18 original essays explore this question. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people, and his wife author Lesley Conger (Shirley Suttles). Provenance provided upon request. The book is warmly inscribed to the Suttles and signed by editor McCay on the ffep. Condition notes: 439 numbered pp +1; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: black, blue titles spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, glossy blue/black, blue/white titles front/spine; minimal edge/shelfwear, spine slightly sunned. Inscribed and signed by Editor. Seller Inventory # 035439