What 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. 140 (summarised in Ostrom 1990, p. 63)TheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0504 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Törbel alpine commons (Valais, Switzerland) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Netting argued that Törbel's villagers matched tenure to land use: communal tenure suits resources where value per unit of land and dependability of yield are low, intensification is hard and large territories or groups are needed, as on the alpine pasture; private tenure suits intensively worked land.”
Evidence that supports
2Governing 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. 63Evidence that contradicts
0No counter-evidence recorded.
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Balancing on an Alp: Ecological Change and Continuity in a Swiss Mountain Community
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