International Journal of the Commons

Vol 4, No 1 (2010)

Special issue: Innovating through commons use: community-based enterprises (Guest editors: Iain J. Davidson-Hunt & Fikret Berkes)

Special issue: Selected papers from the IASC 12th Biennial Conference, Cheltenham, UK (Guest editors: Bonnie McCay & Alyne Delaney)

Special issue: Microbial commons (Guest editor: Tom Dedeurwaerdere)

Table of Contents

Innovating through commons use: community-based enterprises (Guest editors: Iain J. Davidson-Hunt and Fikret Berkes)

Fikret Berkes, Iain J. Davidson-Hunt Editorial PDF
Innovating through commons use: community-based enterprises 1-7
Alejandra Orozco-Quintero, Iain Davidson-Hunt Abstract HTML PDF
Community-based enterprises and the commons: The case of San Juan Nuevo Parangaricutiro, Mexico 8-35
Jeremy Boyd, Ronald Trosper Abstract HTML PDF
The use of joint ventures to accomplish aboriginal economic development: Two examples from British Columbia 36-55
Amanda Lee Stronza Abstract HTML PDF
Commons management and ecotourism: Ethnographic evidence from the Amazon 56-77
Arthur Frederick Hoole Abstract HTML PDF
Place-power-prognosis: Community-based conservation, partnerships, and ecotourism enterprises in Namibia 78-99
Gabriela Lichtenstein Abstract HTML PDF
Vicuña conservation and poverty alleviation? Andean communities and international fibre markets 100-121
Anna Lawrence, Star Molteno, Tom Butterworth Abstract HTML PDF
Community wildlife sites in Oxfordshire: an exploration of ecological and social meanings for green spaces 122-141
Dixie Dayo, Gary Kofinas Abstract HTML PDF
Institutional innovation in less than ideal conditions: Management of commons by an Alaska Native village corporation 142-159
Sarah McIntosh, Yves Renard Abstract HTML PDF
Placing the commons at the heart of community development: Three case studies of community enterprise in Caribbean islands 160-182
Cristiana Simão Seixas, Fikret Berkes Abstract HTML PDF
Community-based enterprises: The significance of partnerships and institutional linkages 183-212

Selected papers from the IASC 12th Biennial Conference, Cheltenham, UK (Guest editors: Bonnie McCay and Alyne Delaney)

Bonnie J. McCay, Alyne Delaney editorial PDF
Introduction to Special Issue commemorating the 2008 conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons 213-225
Justyna Hofmokl Abstract HTML PDF
Towards an eclectic theory of the internet commons 226-250
Teresa R. Johnson Abstract HTML PDF
Cooperative research and knowledge flow in the marine commons 251-272
Anna Karin Elise Zachrisson Abstract HTML PDF
Deliberative democracy and co-management of natural resources: The case of Funäsdalen snowmobile regulation area 273-292
James A. Barsimantov, Alexis E. Racelis, Grenville Barnes, Maria DiGiano Abstract HTML PDF
Tenure, tourism and timber in Quintana Roo, Mexico: Land tenure changes in forest Ejidos after agrarian reforms 293-318
Fiona Douglas Mackenzie Abstract HTML PDF
A common claim: Community land ownership in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland 319-344
Svein Jentoft, Paul Onyango, Mohammad Mahmudul Islam Abstract HTML PDF
Poverty in small-scale fisheries: The governance perspective 345-366
Grant Murray, Teresa Johnson, Bonnie J. McCay, Mike Danko, Kevin St. Martin, Satsuki Takahashi Abstract HTML PDF
Cumulative effects, creeping enclosure, and the marine commons of New Jersey 367-389

Microbial commons (Guest editor: Tom Dedeurwaerdere)

Tom Dedeurwaerdere Editorial PDF
Self-governance and international regulation of the global microbial commons: Introduction to the special issue on the microbial commons 390-403
Michael Halewood Abstract HTML PDF
Governing the management and use of pooled microbial genetic resources: Lessons from the global crop commons 404-436
Elisabetta Gotor, Francesco Caracciolo Abstract HTML PDF
An empirical assessment of the effects of the 1994 In Trust Agreements on IRRI Germplasm Acquisition and Distribution 437-451
Derek Byerlee, H.J. Dubin Abstract HTML PDF
Crop improvement in the CGIAR as a global success story of open access and international collaboration 452-480
Mark Harvey, Andrew McMeekin Abstract HTML PDF
Public or private economies of knowledge: The economics of diffusion and appropriation of bioinformatics tools 481-506
Dagmar Fritze Abstract HTML PDF
A common basis for facilitated legitimate exchange of biological materials proposed by the European Culture Collections' Organisation 507-527

Research articles

Annica Charlotte Sandström, Carl Vilhelm Rova Abstract HTML PDF
The network structure of adaptive governance - A single case study of a fish management area 528-551
James Michael Acheson, Julianna Acheson Abstract HTML PDF
Maine land: Private property and hunting commons 552-570
Laura German, Andrew Keeler Abstract HTML PDF
“Hybrid institutions”: Applications of common property theory beyond discrete tenure regimes 571-596

Book reviews

D. Dustin Becker HTML PDF
Fortmann, L. 2008. Participatory Research in Conservation and Rural Livelihoods. Doing Science Together. Hoboken NJ; Wiley-Blackwell 597-598