Essays about: "The Commons"

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  1. 6. Prefigurative politics as applied to the climate crisis : A game theoretical assessment

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nathan Carlshamre; [2023]
    Keywords : Prefigurative politics; game theory; prefiguration; climate activism; activism; environmental activism; tragedy of the commons; anarchism; left-libertarianism; political theory; Montgomery bus boycott; constructive program; ecotage; non-violence; violence; cartel theory; salience;

    Abstract : In this paper, I make use of the game-theoretical concepts of cartel theory and coordination theory via salience and Schelling points in order to assess the viability of prefigurative politics when used by group actors to address the particular case of the climate crisis. I show that prefigurative politics as a strategy faces significant systematic disadvantages when used by social movements attempting to address climate change as compared to when it is used by social movements focused on other causes. READ MORE

  3. 7. Expanding freedoms and improving commons through labour: A study of Kerala’s Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Sahana Subramanian; [2023]
    Keywords : Capabilities; Sustainability Science; Human Freedoms; Kerala; Local Governance; Urban Commons; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : India faces an urban unemployment crisis and a crisis of declining life quality in urban spaces due to a lack of public services and the stress on urban commons. An urban employment guarantee scheme, such as Kerala’s Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme (AUEGS), has the potential to address this twin crisis. READ MORE

  4. 8. From Grassroot to Global: Community-Based Entrepreneurs Shaping Systemic Change

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Merel Evers; Merel Jasmijn Hulst; [2023]
    Keywords : Depletion of natural resources; re-organizing the economy; bottom-up efforts; community-based entrepreneurship; common-based economy; eco-villages; community boundary management; collective action; social and environmental change; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This research explores how community-based entrepreneurs can contribute to the reorganization of natural resource management and find solutions to environmental problems within the current capitalist economy. Recent scholars on post-capitalism, believe that the economy can be organized by different institutions than the market and investigate the role of individuals as catalyst of environmental and social change from the bottom up. READ MORE

  5. 9. Exploring commoning as a tool for social integration: Re-use of abandoned buildings and plots for the creation of commons in the Greek context

    University essay from

    Author : Christina Saxoni; [2022-08-29T07:58:17Z 2022-08-29T07:58:17Z 2022 2020]
    Keywords : housing as commons; social integration; newcomers;

    Abstract : Since 2011, Europe has experienced an unprecedented influx of people fleeing countries facing political turmoil. Refugees in Greece have been admitted to state run camps, segregated and excluded from social life and have been denied their basic human rights. READ MORE

  6. 10. From community ownership to community fellowship : qualitative analysis of the socio-economic consequences of asset redistribution in rural Scotland

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Mathieu Baptiste Adrien Chanteloup; [2022]
    Keywords : asset redistribution; commoning; community building; community capacity; spiralling-up trajectory; social capital; rural development; Scotland;

    Abstract : Understanding inequalities regarding land and asset ownership is essential to comprehending rural areas. An unbalance situation regarding the ownership of assets, especially in rural areas where people are even more dependent on land management and the resources they can get from it, makes rural society more fragile. READ MORE