Balancing the Commons in Switzerland - Institutional Transformations and Sustainable Innovations (Hardcover)

Balancing the Commons in Switzerland outlines continuity and change in the management of common-pool resources such as pastures and forests in Switzerland. The book focuses on the differences and similarities between local institutions (rules and regulations) and forms of commoners' organisations (corporations of citizens and corporations) which have managed common property for several centuries and have shaped the cultural landscapes of Switzerland. At the core of the book are five case studies from the German, French and Italian speaking regions of Switzerland. Beginning in the Late Middle Ages and focusing on the transformative periods in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it traces the internal and external political, economic and societal changes and examines what impact these changes had on commoners. It goes beyond the work of Robert Netting and Elinor Ostrom, who discussed Swiss commons as a unique case of robustness, by analysing how local commoners reacted to, but also shaped, changes by adapting and transforming common property institutions. Thus, the volume highlights how institutional changes in the management of the commons at the local level are embedded in the public policies of the respective cantons, and the state, which generates a high heterogeneity and an actual laboratory situation. It shows the power relations and very different routes that local collective organisations and their members have followed in order to cope with the loss of value of the commons and the increased workload for maintaining common property management. Providing insightful case studies of commons management, this volume delivers theoretical contributions and lessons to be learned for the commons worldwide. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of the commons, natural resource management and agricultural development.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management
Release date:	March 2021
First published:	2021
Editors:	Tobias Haller • Karina Liechti • Martin Stuber • Francois-Xavier Viallon • Rahel Wunderli
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	308
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-48873-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Rural planning Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General
LSN:	0-367-48873-6
Barcode:	9780367488734

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