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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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De Keyzer, Maïka |
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Conference:
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Practicing the Commons: Self-Governance, Cooperation and Institutional Change |
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Location:
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Utrecht, the Netherlands |
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Conf. Date:
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10-14 July |
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Date:
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2017 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/10379
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General & Multiple Resources |
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Abstract:
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"What makes common pool institutions (CPIs) successful? In commons studies this question is only
seldom asked. Most often success is implicitly assumed. Elinor Ostrom herself used a rather vague
definition. Institutions are successful when they enable individuals to achieve productive outcomes in
situations where temptations to free-ride and shirk are ever present .1 Others looked more at
endurance. If collective action was institutionalised and endured for a longer time span, CPIs are
deemed successful. Only when institutions for collective action falter or are abolished, the question of
success or the lack thereof, arises."
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