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The sharing economy as the commons of the 21st century

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  • Karin Bradley
  • Daniel Pargman

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This article aims to make a contribution to the debate on how contemporary collaborative commons, as part of the wider sharing economy, can be understood and supported. Three cases of contemporary commons are analysed: a DIY bike repair studio, a pop-up home office concept and Wikipedia. The article shows how the design principles developed for governing natural resource commons are only partly applicable to these contemporary commons. It also illustrates the differences in these types of commons in terms of the nature of the resource being shared, scarcity, barriers to entry and how rules are formulated and upheld.

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  • Karin Bradley & Daniel Pargman, 2017. "The sharing economy as the commons of the 21st century," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 10(2), pages 231-247.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cjrecs:v:10:y:2017:i:2:p:231-247.
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    Keywords

    commons; sharing economy; collaborative economy; digital commons; design principles; for-benefit sharing platforms;
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    JEL classification:

    • P4 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems
    • O35 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Social Innovation
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General

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