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The Carrot and the Stick. An Exploration into the Sanctioning of Freeriders on the Dutch Commons in the Early Modern Period.
| The comparison of commons' regulation is a most interesting, but also complex issue. Elinor Ostrom has made already in 1990 a start with the construction of a grammar of institutions (for collective action) on the basis of a very thorough comparison of present-day institutions for collective action, including mainly commons and collective irrigation systems. The result was a list of principles that –if followed- offer a higher guarantee of resilience of the institution for external and internal shocks. With our study we intend to analyse the long-term evolution of changes in the regulation of commons, starting with a number of case studies in the Netherlands.
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