IP: RE:Tragedy of the commons

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "Andras Kelen" <kelena () ella hu>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
> Dear Dr. Farber,
>
> Certainly GOVERNING THE COMMONS, by Elinor Ostrum is the best book. But
> there are emerging new contenders, too. This is to announce my new volume
> published by Central European University Press that might be of interest,
> even of relevance for your readers. I have tried to offset my intellectual
> debt to numerous protagonists of IP by citing the list as a pioneer genre in
> the acknowledgement field of the monograph. An honorary copy is expected to
> have reached your department office at PennState [UPenn djf] back in December.
> "The Gratis Economy" is a series of three essays on the social construction
> of gratuities. My scientific quest is to treat the gratutity-generating
> business solutions of the New Economy in a common framework with parallel
> phenomena of the conventional nonprofit sector and of polity in general. I
> claim to have arrived at a conceptual framework that facilitates a
> sociological understanding. Such a broad policy approach alone encompassing
> unexpected but strictly related phenomena can help reflect and shelter all
> the remaining pockets of commons in contemporary economies.
> "The Gratis Economy" has a homepage with ample samples and an epitome of
> main findings, introducing the author, too. http://come.to/Gratis-Economy
> Here is a direct link to the book at Amazon
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9639241229/qid=1007456189/sr=1-10/ref
> =sr_1_9_10/104-4949422-7822362
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Andras Kelen

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