Governing Markets as Knowledge Commons

Volume compiles studies of the production and reproduction of market-supporting social infrastructures through the prism of knowledge commons.

List of contents

Introduction. Governing markets as knowledge commons Erwin Dekker and Pavel Kuchä 1. The contribution good as the foundation of the industrial revolution Terence Kealey and Martin Ricketts; 2. On the social evolution of knowledge Renée Prendergast; 3. Individual sovereignty and coproduction of knowledge governance Edward J. López; 4. Common sense commons: the case of commonsensical social norms Brett Frischmann; 5. Conventions as shared cognitive infrastructures Young Back Choi; 6. Property rights, knowledge commons, and blockchain governance Darcy W. E. Allen, Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson, and Jason Potts; 7. Knowledge commons, social infrastructures, and informal markets: the case of informal trade credit in India Yugank Goyal; 8. Entrepreneurship and governance in the Scotch whisky knowledge commons Michelle Albert Vachris and Kyle Vachris; 9. Trolling in the deep: managing transgressive content on online platforms as a commons Julien Gradoz and Raphaël Raux; 10. Crowdfunding the Queer Museum: a polycentric identity quarrel Carolina Dalla Chiesa; 11. Understanding different qualities of the knowledge commons in contemporary cities Youn Sun Won and Arjo Klamer.

Summary

This volume brings together studies of the production and reproduction of market-supporting social infrastructures through the prism of knowledge commons. From the production of Scotch-whisky to the governance of blockchain ledgers to the funding of Brazilian Queer-museum, the volume exhibits the importance of knowledge commons in modern society.

Product details

• Assisted by: Erwin Dekker (Editor), Dekker Erwin (Editor), Pavel Kuchař (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2024
• EAN: 9781108728959
• ISBN: 978-1-108-72895-9
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 426 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: Cambridge Studies on Governing Knowledge Commons
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; LAW / Business & Financial, Economic history, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures, intellectual property law, International economic & trade law, Public international law: economic and trade