What were the types of public goods that the early states furnished other than protection? Would the rulers in states engaged in trade with barbarians keep all of the goods for themselves, their families, and the state bureaucracy or would some of those goods "trickle down" to the agriculturists?
my question would be: how were pre-state societies dealing with the ''tragedy of the commons' ? How do they deal with depletion of the wetland / soil salinization, to what degree would a pre-state society come up with collective action to solve common challenges like this?
The work of Elinor Ostrom is a good place to start on this question. Her work demonstrated that non-state (community-based) governance of the commons can be - and is - sustainable provided certain conditions ('design principles') are in place.
Scott begins at 9:27
You guys might want to put James C. Scott's name in the title so people can search for and find this talk more easily. Loved it. Thanks!
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What were the types of public goods that the early states furnished other than protection? Would the rulers in states engaged in trade with barbarians keep all of the goods for themselves, their families, and the state bureaucracy or would some of those goods "trickle down" to the agriculturists?
Fabulous talk. But the sound is a bit glitchy.
my question would be: how were pre-state societies dealing with the ''tragedy of the commons' ? How do they deal with depletion of the wetland / soil salinization, to what degree would a pre-state society come up with collective action to solve common challenges like this?
The work of Elinor Ostrom is a good place to start on this question. Her work demonstrated that non-state (community-based) governance of the commons can be - and is - sustainable provided certain conditions ('design principles') are in place.