Ruling the Commons. Introducing a new methodology for the analysis of historical commons
Despite significant progress in recent years, the evolution of commons over the long run remains an under-explored area within commons studies. During the last years an international team of historians have worked under the umbrella of the 'Common Rules 'Project in order to design and test...
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| author | Tine de Moor Miguel Laborda-Pemán José Miguel Lana-Berasain René van Weeren Angus Winchester |
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| description | Despite significant progress in recent years, the evolution of commons over the long run remains an under-explored area within commons studies. During the last years an international team of historians have worked under the umbrella of the 'Common Rules 'Project in order to design and test a new methodology aimed at advancing our knowledge on the dynamics of institutions for collective action – in particular commons. This project aims to contribute to the current debate on commons on three different fronts. Theoretically, it explicitly draws our attention to issues of change and adaptation in the commons – contrasting with more static analyses. Empirically, it highlights the value of historical records as a rich source of information for longitudinal analysis of the functioning of commons. Methodologically, it develops a systematic way of analyzing and comparing commons’ regulations across regions and time, setting a number of variables that have been defined on the basis of the “most common denominators” in commons regulation across countries and time periods. In this paper we introduce the project, describe our sources and methodology, and present the preliminary results of our analysis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-110efd0c62764c77970b67874bb63eea2022-12-21T22:44:03ZengUtrecht University Library Open Access Journals (Publishing Services)International Journal of the Commons1875-02812016-10-0110252958810.18352/ijc.760324Ruling the Commons. Introducing a new methodology for the analysis of historical commonsTine de Moor0Miguel Laborda-Pemán1José Miguel Lana-Berasain2René van Weeren3Angus Winchester4Department of History and Art History, Utrecht UniversityDepartment of History and Art History, Utrecht UniversityDepartment of Economics, Public University of NavarreDepartment of History and Art History, Utrecht UniversityDepartment of History, Lancaster UniversityDespite significant progress in recent years, the evolution of commons over the long run remains an under-explored area within commons studies. During the last years an international team of historians have worked under the umbrella of the 'Common Rules 'Project in order to design and test a new methodology aimed at advancing our knowledge on the dynamics of institutions for collective action – in particular commons. This project aims to contribute to the current debate on commons on three different fronts. Theoretically, it explicitly draws our attention to issues of change and adaptation in the commons – contrasting with more static analyses. Empirically, it highlights the value of historical records as a rich source of information for longitudinal analysis of the functioning of commons. Methodologically, it develops a systematic way of analyzing and comparing commons’ regulations across regions and time, setting a number of variables that have been defined on the basis of the “most common denominators” in commons regulation across countries and time periods. In this paper we introduce the project, describe our sources and methodology, and present the preliminary results of our analysis.https://www.thecommonsjournal.org/articles/760common-pool resource institutionsrulesinstitutional change |
| spellingShingle | Tine de Moor Miguel Laborda-Pemán José Miguel Lana-Berasain René van Weeren Angus Winchester Ruling the Commons. Introducing a new methodology for the analysis of historical commons International Journal of the Commons common-pool resource institutions rules institutional change |
| title | Ruling the Commons. Introducing a new methodology for the analysis of historical commons |
| title_full | Ruling the Commons. Introducing a new methodology for the analysis of historical commons |
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| title_short | Ruling the Commons. Introducing a new methodology for the analysis of historical commons |
| title_sort | ruling the commons introducing a new methodology for the analysis of historical commons |
| topic | common-pool resource institutions rules institutional change |
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