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THEDILEMMAOFTHECOMMONERS 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 privatelyheldassets.Duringtheeighteenthandnineteenthcenturies,manyaspects of western European society changed fundamentally, including the abolition of common-property rights, which in itself was related to social, political, and eco- nomicshiftsinthatsamesociety.Thisbookintendstoputthedebateoncommons, commoners,andthedisappearanceofboththroughoutearlymodernandmodern northwestern Europe in a new light, through new approaches and innovative methodologies.TineDeMooraimstolinkthehistoricaldebateaboutthelong- termevolutionofcommonstothepresent-daydebatesoncommon-poolresources, aswellastouchinguponvariousdisciplineswithinthesocialsciencesthatworkon commonsissues. Tine De Moor is Professor of Institutions for Collective Action in Historical PerspectiveatUtrechtUniversity. Shehaspublishedinvarioustopjournalsona varietyoftopicsinsocialandeconomichistory,butmostextensivelyoncommons innorthwesternEurope.Shehaswonseveralprizesforherresearch,includingthe prizeforthebestdissertationinthecategory‘MedievalandEarlyModernPeriod’ oftheInternationalEconomicHistoryAssociation.SheisalsocurrentlyPresident (2015–2017) of the International Association for the Study of the Commons andtheco-founder,formereditor-in-chief,andmemberoftheeditorialboardof theInternationalJournaloftheCommons. 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ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107022164 ©TineDeMoor2015 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2015 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica AcatalogrecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Moor,Tinede. Thedilemmaofthecommoners:understandingtheuseofcommon-poolresources inlong-termperspective/TineDeMoor. pages cm.–(Politicaleconomyofinstitutionsanddecisions) 1. Cooperation–Europe–History. I. Title. HD3484.A4M56 2015 333.2–dc23 2014048656 ISBN978-1-107-02216-4Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyInternetWebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchWebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. ForKaat Underwhatconditionswillcooperationemerge inaworldofegoistswithoutcentralauthority? Thisquestionhasintriguedpeopleforalongtime.Andforgoodreason. Weallknowthatpeoplearenotangels, andthattheytendtolookafterthemselvesandtheirownfirst. Yet we also know that cooperation does occur and that our civilization is baseduponit. But,insituationswhereeachindividualhasanincentivetobeselfish, howcancooperationeverdevelop? (Axelrod1984,3)
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