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      Inclusive Commons and the Sustainability of Peasant Communities in the Medieval Low Countries
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      Inclusive Commons and the Sustainability of Peasant Communities in the Medieval Low Countries

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      Inclusive Commons and the Sustainability of Peasant Communities in the Medieval Low Countries book

      ByMaïka De Keyzer
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2018
      eBook Published 30 April 2018
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315167060
      Pages 150
      eBook ISBN 9781315167060
      Subjects Environment and Sustainability, Humanities
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      Keyzer, M.D. (2018). Inclusive Commons and the Sustainability of Peasant Communities in the Medieval Low Countries (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315167060

      ABSTRACT

      Is inclusiveness in the commons and sustainability a paradox? Late medieval and Early Modern rural societies encountered challenges because of growing population pressure, urbanisation and commercialisation. While some regions went along this path and commercialised and intensified production, others sailed a different course, maintaining communal property and managing resources via common pool resource institutions. To prevent overexploitation and free riding, it was generally believed that strong formalised institutions, strict access regimes and restricted use rights were essential.

      By looking at the late medieval Campine area, a sandy, infertile and fragile region, dominated by communal property and located at the core of the densely populated and commercialised Low Countries, it has become clear that sustainability, economic success and inclusiveness can be compatible. Because of a balanced distribution of power between smallholders and elites, strong property claims, a predominance of long-term agricultural strategies and the vitality of informal institutions and conflict resolution mechanisms, the Campine peasant communities were able to avert ecological distress while maintaining a positive economic climate.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|15 pages

      The Dominance of Exclusive Commons

      An Exploration and Re-evaluation

      chapter 2|17 pages

      The Campine

      An Overview

      chapter 3|29 pages

      Inclusive Commons

      chapter 4|32 pages

      Successful Commons

      What’s in a Name?

      chapter 5|14 pages

      The Road to Success

      chapter 6|5 pages

      Conclusion

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