{"product_id":"balancing-the-commons-in-switzerland-institutional-transformations-and-sustainable-innovations-paperback","title":"Balancing the Commons in Switzerland: Institutional Transformations and Sustainable Innovations - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTobias Haller\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKarina Liechti\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMartin Stuber\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBalancing the Commons in Switzerland\u003c\/em\u003e outlines continuity and change in the management of common-pool resources such as pastures and forests in Switzerland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of great interest to students and scholars of the commons, natural resource management and agricultural development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTobias Haller\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor in Social Anthropology and Managing Director of the Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Switzerland. He is the leading author of \u003ci\u003eThe Commons in a Glocal World \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarina\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eLiechti is a Senior Research Scientist at the Centre for Development and Environment CDE and at the Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Switzerland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin Stuber is Senior Scientist at the Institute of History, University of Bern, Switzerland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrançois-Xavier Viallon is a Political Scientist at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRahel Wunderli is a Postdoctoral Assistant at the Institute of History, University of Bern, Switzerland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170193182855,"sku":"9780367724085","price":97.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3abdc605191b01bde198939cc20df927.webp?v=1733346672","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/balancing-the-commons-in-switzerland-institutional-transformations-and-sustainable-innovations-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}