Reimagining and governing the commons in an unequal world: A critical engagement

This article brings to center-stage questions of inequality within the context of contemporary theory and scholarship on the commons. We engage with the commons literature to explore how social, economic, and political inequalities affect who has access to and control over the commons. We make the f...

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Autores principales: Prakash Kashwan, Praneeta Mudaliar, Sheila R. Foster, Floriane Clement
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5d9f48e0421440ebacc70205d05997e22021-11-12T04:47:33ZReimagining and governing the commons in an unequal world: A critical engagement2666-049010.1016/j.crsust.2021.100102https://doaj.org/article/5d9f48e0421440ebacc70205d05997e22021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666049021000785https://doaj.org/toc/2666-0490This article brings to center-stage questions of inequality within the context of contemporary theory and scholarship on the commons. We engage with the commons literature to explore how social, economic, and political inequalities affect who has access to and control over the commons. We make the following key contributions as a way to engage simultaneously and bring together different strands of the literature. One, we take stock of existing scholarship examining the commons and inequality, bringing into sharp focus the role of race, gender, caste, and class, among other dimensions of inequality. Two, we critically engage with scholarship that is pushing the boundaries of commons theory by exploring the processes of commoning or decommoning via “grabbed commons”. Three, by using the lens of commoning and linking it to the historical processes of colonization and capitalist dispossessions, we seek to foster a conversation with scholars working on emancipatory claims to the commons. Based on such a synthesis, we offer a research agenda to broaden the theoretical and empirical scope of commons scholarship, especially with the goal of building stronger bridges with critical property and environmental justice scholarship.Prakash KashwanPraneeta MudaliarSheila R. FosterFloriane ClementElsevierarticleCommonsOstromInequalitySocial justiceEnvironmental justiceCommoningEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350Environmental protectionTD169-171.8ENCurrent Research in Environmental Sustainability, Vol 3, Iss , Pp 100102- (2021)
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topic Commons
Ostrom
Inequality
Social justice
Environmental justice
Commoning
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Environmental protection
TD169-171.8
spellingShingle Commons
Ostrom
Inequality
Social justice
Environmental justice
Commoning
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Environmental protection
TD169-171.8
Prakash Kashwan
Praneeta Mudaliar
Sheila R. Foster
Floriane Clement
Reimagining and governing the commons in an unequal world: A critical engagement
description This article brings to center-stage questions of inequality within the context of contemporary theory and scholarship on the commons. We engage with the commons literature to explore how social, economic, and political inequalities affect who has access to and control over the commons. We make the following key contributions as a way to engage simultaneously and bring together different strands of the literature. One, we take stock of existing scholarship examining the commons and inequality, bringing into sharp focus the role of race, gender, caste, and class, among other dimensions of inequality. Two, we critically engage with scholarship that is pushing the boundaries of commons theory by exploring the processes of commoning or decommoning via “grabbed commons”. Three, by using the lens of commoning and linking it to the historical processes of colonization and capitalist dispossessions, we seek to foster a conversation with scholars working on emancipatory claims to the commons. Based on such a synthesis, we offer a research agenda to broaden the theoretical and empirical scope of commons scholarship, especially with the goal of building stronger bridges with critical property and environmental justice scholarship.
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