Jean-Marie Baland, Jean-Philippe Platteau. -- New York : Oxford University Press : FAO, 1996.

xv, 423 p.; 23 cm.

ISBN 0-19-829061-6.

Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.

Contenido: Introduction -- Rationale and scope of local-level resource management: lessons from economic theory -- Natural resources and economic growth: towards a definition of sustainability -- The tragedy of the commons -- The property rights school solution: the privatization programme -- The unregulated common property: the prisoner s dilemma revisited -- Co-ordination and leadership in the unregulated common property: some lessons from game theory -- Moral norms and co-operation -- The possibility of co-operation: lessons from experimental social psychology -- The regulated common property -- Some concluding reflections on the privatization of common property resources -- The feasibility of local-level resource management: an empirical assessment -- Introduction -- Were people traditionally conservationists? -- Recent changes affecting collective action at village level -- Conditions for successful collective action: insights from field experiences -- Co-management as a new approach to regulation of common property resources -- General conclusion.