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Democracy, Markets and the Commons Towards a Reconciliation of Freedom and Ecology Lukas Peter
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peter, Lukas <p>Lukas Peter, Zürich, Schweiz</p>, Author.
- Series:
- Sozialtheorie
- Edition Politik
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Commons.
- Democracy.
- Markets.
- Ecolog.
- Economy.
- Society.
- Politics.
- Economic Sociology.
- Public Goods.
- Economic Policy.
- Sociology.
- Local Subjects:
- Commons.
- Democracy.
- Markets.
- Ecolog.
- Economy.
- Society.
- Politics.
- Economic Sociology.
- Public Goods.
- Economic Policy.
- Sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (334 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Peter, Democracy, Markets and the Commons Towards a Reconciliation of Freedom and Ecology
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2021
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- Lukas Peter (Dr. phil.), born in 1981, is a philosopher and has taught at the Universities of St. Gallen, Zürich and Lucerne. He studied at the University of Zurich in Switzerland and, previously, at McGill University in Montral, Canada. During his dissertation, he was a member of the Swiss National Center of Competence in Research for Democracy. His research topics include freedom, democracy, economics and ecology. He otherwise makes cheese, participates in community supported agriculture projects, is a father of two children and lives in Zurich.
- Summary:
- How can we overcome the existing political, economic, and ecological crises that humanity faces? With the notion of the commons, Lukas Peter argues that this form of social organization can provide answers to the shortcomings of centralized states and open and competitive markets. By building on and going beyond the work of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom, he develops an ecological understanding of the commons and human freedom, more generally, thereby reinterpreting classical thinkers such as John Locke and John Rawls. Importantly, he does not suggest an end to property, states or markets, but rather a radical democratization thereof, ultimately providing a real alternative for the 21st century.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. The concept of democracy
- 2. The competitive market and the state
- 3. Garrett Hardin's tragedy of the unregulated commons
- 4. Overcoming the tragedy with the Ostroms
- 5. An ecological understanding of the commons
- 6. Towards a commons theory of property
- 7. The role of the state in a commonscreating society
- 8. Commons and the market
- 9. Conclusion
- Literature
- Notes:
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy
- ISBN:
- 9783839454244
- 3839454247
- OCLC:
- 1233041574
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
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