Balancing the Commons in Switzerland

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<P><EM>Balancing the Commons in Switzerland</EM> outlines continuity and change in the management of common-pool resources such as pastures and forests in Switzerland.</P><P></P><P>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 commone