Governing the Commons
The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action
Elinor Ostrom
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Nobel-recognized institutional analysis of how communities self-govern common-pool resources through polycentric arrangements — beyond market-or-state dichotomies.
Backs Stewardship Clock / Commons capabilities and our Ostrom Nobel-lecture research entry. Essential for long-horizon place governance.
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commons
polycentric governance
stewardship
institutions
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Ostrom’s Nobel lecture synthesizes decades of research showing that polycentric governance—multiple semi-autonomous decision centers under shared rules—can govern common-pool resources and public goods more effectively than market-or-state dichotomies alone.
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