A useful addition to the literature that will have a wide audience. The issues addressed in this book will be of particular interest to those who study and work with common property resources.
Gary D. Libecap, Professor of Economics and Law, University of Arizona
Congratualtions to those who have put together this impressive book! The editors and authors have produced a volume that tackles the human dimension of common-pool resources, as well as the governance of the biosphere for sustainability. The Commons in the New Millennium enhances our understanding of complex sociol-ecological systems and institutional and organizational resilience, among other topics. highly recommended.
Carl Folke, Director, Center for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment, and Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University
As the editors point out, the commons are not a nearly extinct topic, but rather a vitally important one.
Randall J. Hannum, Natural Resources Forum
It is hard to imagine a person who would not learn something from examining this book.
Forest Reinhardt Environment
The early literature on common property struggled with the legacy of Hardin's 'tragedy of the commons,' while the later literature often focused on small-scale, community-based systems to build a new theory. The Commons in the New Millennium takes the next logical step forward. Essays in this expertly crafted collection represent common property scholarship that looks to the future, and there are lessons here for alternative ways of devising new institutions to meet the challenges ahead.–
Fikret Berkes, Professor, University of Manitoba, and Canada Research Chair in Community-Based Resource Management