Think Like a Commoner, Second Edition

"From relocalized food to open-source learning and beyond, millions of commoners worldwide are reinventing a timeless paradigm - the commons. Completely updated, Think Like a Commoner is a popular introduction to the growing global movement building practical, autonomous alternatives to the predatory Market/State order."--

      Preface to the Second Edition
      Introduction
      1. The Rediscovery of the Commons
PART I. ENCLOSURE, DISPOSSESSION, AND THE ECLIPSE OF COMMONING
      2. The Tyranny of the "Tragedy" Myth
      3. Enclosures of Nature
                        The Massive International Land Grab
                        The Privatization of Water
                        The Corporatization of Food
      4. All That Is Shared Becomes a Market Commodity
                        The Marketization of Universities and Their Research
                        Enclosures of Infrastructure
                        Enclosures of Civic Infrastructure
                        The Many Costs of Enclosure
Part II. Commons as Living, Generative Systems
      5. Many Galaxies of Commons
                        Subsistence Commons
                        Indigenous Peoples' Commons
                        Mutual Aid and Gift Economies
                      Alternative Local Currencies
                      Cooperatives
      6. The Eclipsed History of the Commons
                      What Evolutionary Sciences Tell Us About Cooperation
                      The Forgotten Legal History of the Commons
                      The Liberal State and the Eclipse of Vernacular Law
      7. The Commons as a Relational Organism
                      The Metaphysics of the Commons Is Relational
      8. Local, Vernacular, and Alive
                      Commoning Our Way to a Land Ethic
                      Vernacular Culture and the Commons
                      A New Vision of Local Development
                      Urban Commons .
      9. Digital Rebels in the Big Tech Imperium
                      It All Began with Free Software
                      Creative Commons: A License to Share
                      The Open-Access Publishing Revolution
                      Cosmolocal Production, DAOs, and Commons Infrastructures
PART II. COMMONS AS LIVING, GENERATIVE SYSTEMS
      10. Relationalized Property and Finance
                      The Inalienable Rights of Commoners
                      John Locke's Theories About Property Rights
                      The Measure of Wealth
                      Relationalized Property
                      Relationalized Finance
      11. Reimagining State Power
                      State Power and Commons Are Different Orders of Life
                      Commoning and International Law
                      State Trustee Commons
                      Legal Hacks on Western Jurisprudence
                      Commons/Public Partnerships
Conclusion: The Future of the Commons
      The Commons as Gift and Duty
Tools for Exploring the Commonsverse
      The Commons, Short and Sweet
    The Triad of Commoning: Social Life, Peer Governance, and Provisioning
    The Logic of the Commons and the Market
    Further Reading
    Websites Engaged with Commons and Commoning
    Acknowledgments
    Index
    About the Author
    About New Society Publishers