Commons enjoy recognition as an alternative to the dichotomy of state and market. In
contrast to liberal market theorists who frame the commons as resource-based, we build on …

The aim of the SI is to bring to the fore the places in which cross-sector partnerships (CSPs)
are formed; how place shapes the dynamics of CSPs, and how CSPs shape the specific …

The concept of the commons was made widely known by the research of economist Elinor
Ostrom (1990), allowing the “commoners” of that community the right to sustain themselves …

Urban commons are characterised in the literature as collectively shared property in the city
shaped by a context of scarce resources, population density, and the interaction of …

Local places, such as communities, cities, and towns, host many cross-cross sector
partnerships, many geared primarily toward alleviating local social and environmental …

This collection seeks to expand the limits of current debates about urban commoning
practices that imply a radical will to establish collaborative and solidarity networks based on …

This special issue explores the idea of commons, placing it in a theoretical but also richly
empirical context. In this introductory article, we highlight the depth and diversity of the …

In response to the theme section on commoning in the December 2017 issue of Focaal, this
article raises further questions for discussion and proposes an analytics of the commons that …

The aim of this volume is twofold, namely:(1) to rethink the city on the basis of the notion of
the commons; and (2) to readdress discussions of the commons by taking them to the urban …

The commons is increasingly invoked as a way to envision new worlds. One strand of
commons research focuses at the local scale, on small groups in “traditional”, mostly rural …