Participatory Local Democracy

Abstract: [PARTIAL PREVIEW] In this pioneering book Elinor Ostrom tackles one of the most enduring and contentious questions of positive polical economy, whether and how the exploration of common-pool resources can be organized in a way that avoids both excessive consumption and administrative cost.

Author(s): Ostrom, Elinor

Source(s): , xviii, 281 p., ill. repr

Published: 2003 Cambridge university press, Cambridge [etc.] (English

ISBN/ISSN: 0-521-40599-8/

Link: http://books.google.com/books?id=4xg6oUobMz4C&pg=PR3&hl=nl&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false