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The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (Canto Classics)
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Kathleen Godwin
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Elinor Ostrom
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The governance of natural resources used by many individuals in common is an issue of increasing concern to policy analysts. Both state control and privatization of resources have been advocated, but neither the state nor the market have been uniformly successful in solving common pool resource problems.
After critiquing the foundations of policy analysis as applied to natural resources, Elinor Ostrom here provides a unique body of empirical data to explore conditions under which common pool resource problems have been satisfactorily or unsatisfactorily solved. Dr. Ostrom uses institutional analysis to explore different ways--both successful and unsuccessful--of governing the commons. In contrast to the proposition of the tragedy of the commons argument, common pool problems sometimes are solved by voluntary organizations rather than by a coercive state. Among the cases considered are communal tenure in meadows and forests, irrigation communities and other water rights, and fisheries.
This audio edition is skillfully narrated by Kathleen Godwin.
Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. ©1990 Cambridge University Press (P)
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Earth is in decline, and the wealthy have fled it, leaving only the destitute citizens behind. And aliens. Gemma McKinley works at a prison cleaning goop off the floors and serving food to inmates. When she is reassigned to the alien ward, Gemma is nervous. Aliens are dangerous and ruthless. They bite. But there is one that isn’t like them. Simon is damaged, starved, and wasting away in complete isolation. Touched by his loneliness, Gemma starts nursing him back to health, dismissing rumors that he’s high-risk, ignoring the advice to let him croak.
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loved it! A++
- By S. KHAN on 04-15-22
By: Lydia Hope
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The History of Political Thought
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Richard Whatmore
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Thinking about politics has tended to be historical in nature because of the comparisons and contrasts that can be drawn between past and present. Different periods in politics have used the past differently. At times, political thought can be said to have been drawn directly from the study of history; at others, perhaps including our own time, the relationship is more indirect.
By: Richard Whatmore
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Lord of Population
- Population, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth Stephens
- Narrated by: Diana Richardson
- Length: 20 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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She thinks she can steal from me, the little human. Adorable. I can't decide what will be more fun—the hunt or what I will do to her when I catch her. And I will catch her. There is nowhere she can run. Abel was of perfectly sound body and mind when she looted the Other's corpse. He looked dead. Wait. Did he just smirk up at her? No. Definitely not...
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Dark and delicious
- By sportbikerchic on 05-04-24
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The Regrets
- By: Amy Bonnaffons
- Narrated by: Christie Moreau, Gary Tiedemann, Jay Ben Markson
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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For weeks, Rachel has been noticing the same golden-haired young man sitting at her Brooklyn bus stop, staring off with a melancholy air. When, one day, she finally musters the courage to introduce herself, the chemistry between them is undeniable: Thomas is wise, witty, handsome, mysterious, clearly a kindred spirit. There's just one tiny problem: He's dead. Stuck in a surreal limbo governed by bureaucracy, Thomas is unable to "cross over" to the afterlife until he completes a 90-day stint on earth, during which time he is forbidden to get involved with a member of the living.
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No true Narrative
- By Andrew on 05-26-20
By: Amy Bonnaffons
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The Figure of the Migrant
- By: Thomas Nail
- Narrated by: Doug McDonald
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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This book offers a much-needed new political theory of an old phenomenon. The last decade alone has marked the highest number of migrations in recorded history. Constrained by environmental, economic, and political instability, scores of people are on the move. But other sorts of changes - from global tourism to undocumented labor - have led to the fact that to some extent, we are all becoming migrants. The migrant has become the political figure of our time.
By: Thomas Nail
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Wild Child
- By: Cassie Lein, Alisha Williams
- Narrated by: Walker Williams, Celia Stone
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
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I've always been an odd one, never caring what people thought of me. Some people expect me to be a certain way because I'm an omega, but I dance to the beat of my own drum. I'm twenty-one. That means going to Calling Wood University and finding a pack to share my first heat with. I've never hated the idea of finding a pack, but I wasn't going to settle for just anyone. I don't care about finding my scent match, but I want people who won't try to change me.
By: Cassie Lein, and others
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Return to Monte Carlo
- By: Cate C. Wells
- Narrated by: Gideon Frost, Quinn Riley
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
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Monte Carlo, 1982. The odds of a man like Marco de Noli falling for a girl like me were a million to one. He's old money, a classic European jet set, a master of the universe. When we met, I was a shy girl from Oklahoma, pretty enough but nowhere near his league. One year later, after he stands me up on our first anniversary, I have to face facts. Our marriage was a mistake. My in-laws think I'm a gold digger, Marco lives at the office, and nights of passion aren't enough. There's nothing keeping me in Monte Carlo.
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This was addictive🙌🏼 I couldn’t stop listening!
- By 🌼Daisy H. on 04-19-24
By: Cate C. Wells