The Uncommon Knowledge of Elinor Ostrom: Essential Lessons for Collective Action

By Erik Nordman

At a time when women were regularly excluded from academia, Elinor Ostrom challenged conventional economic theory. Her research on collaborative approaches to shared resources fundamentally changed how we think about environmental governance and ultimately won her the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. The Uncommon Knowledge of Elinor Ostrom brings to life her research rejecting the notion that individuals always act out of narrow self-interest, arguing that communities and people can and do come together to act sustainably for their collective benefit. We see how Ostrom's ideas on governing common resources have played out around the world from lobster fisheries in Maine, to ancient waterways in Europe, to taxicabs in Nairobi. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1642831557
• ISBN13: 9781642831559
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.8" x 5.7"