Public Goods and the Commons
Opposites or Complements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6352443 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maurits De Jongh (0000-0003-0750-2946, Utrecht University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 774-800 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-5917 • E-ISSN: 1552-7476 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0090591720979916 |
| OpenAlex | W3110859882 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
The commons have emerged as a key notion and underlying experience of many efforts around the world to promote justice and democracy. A central question for political theories of the commons is whether the visions of social order and regimes of political economy they propose are complementary or opposed to public goods that are backed up by governmental coordination and compulsion. This essay argues that the post-Marxist view, which posits an inherent opposition between the commons as a sphere of inappropriable usage and statist public infrastructure, is mistaken, because justice and democracy are not necessarily furthered by the institution of inappropriability. I articulate an alternative pluralist view based on James Tully’s work, which discloses the dynamic interplay between public and common modes of provision and enjoyment, and their civil and civic orientations respectively. Finally, the essay points to the Janus-faced character of the commons and stresses the co-constitutive role of public goods and social services for just and orderly social life while remaining attentive to the dialectic of empowerment and tutelage that marks provision by government
Civil society · Commons · Democracy · Dialectic · Economics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Marxist philosophy · Neoclassical economics · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public good · Public sphere · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics
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From Village Commons to Public Goods
Common-pool resources and democracy
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |