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Self-Build Housing Schemes in Marinaleda from the Perspective of Ostrom's Concept of Self-Governance in Common-Pool Resource Situations

José Candón-Mena; Pepa Domínguez Jaime · ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, 19(3) · 2020

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Author: José Candón-Mena; Pepa Domínguez Jaime
Accessed: 2026-09-01
Reliability notes: One co-author was the municipal architect of Marinaleda; the study draws on her participant observation.

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EstablishedIn Marinaleda's self-build schemes the council gives plots free, residents repay a regional loan of about €15 a month and typically work around 450 days on construction, or pay builders if unable.TheoryResearchers describe politics in Marinaleda as organised through assemblies open to all villagers whose decisions the council endorses, under the strong personal leadership of Sánchez Gordillo, mayor from 1979.