One of the classic problems in social science is known as the dilemma of the commons, in which land, water, and other resources held jointly by social or economic segments tend to be depleted sooner and to a greater extent than privately held assets. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, many aspects of western European society changed fundamentally, including the abolition of common-property rights, which in itself was related to social and economic shifts in that same society. This book intends to put the debate on commons, commoners, and the disappearance of both throughout early...
One of the classic problems in social science is known as the dilemma of the commons, in which land, water, and other resources held jointly by social...
