Management Regimes

Abstract

"I review some of the generalizations many of us have made or accepted as they relate to management regimes; fuller treatments of these and related topics can be found in McCay and Acheson (1987), Berkes (1989), Bromley (1989), and Ostrom (1990). I also make suggestions about how we conceptualize regimes and forms of user-participation, to help clarify concepts and raise issues that may contribute to the development of theory concerning property rights and the performance of natural resource systems. In closing, I offer a challenge to focus on culture and the commons."