Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action
Elinor Ostrom — Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (1990)Elinor Ostrom · 1990 · Book · ch. 3, p. 62EstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0502 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Törbel alpine commons (Valais, Switzerland) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Under Törbel's wintering rule, written down in 1517, no citizen may send more cows to the communal summer alp than he can feed through the winter; a local official levies fines on those who exceed it.”
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2What alpine peasants have in common: Observations on communal tenure in a Swiss village
Robert McC. Netting — What alpine peasants have in common: Observations on communal tenure in a Swiss village (1976)Robert McC. Netting · 1976 · Article · p. 139 (quoted in Ostrom 1990, p. 62)Evidence that contradicts
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