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Theory of Commons Governance and Public Administration System

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Commons; Local collective goods; Multistakeholder governance; Polycentricity; Public goods; Self-organized collective action; Shared management; Strategic public management

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Cooperation and networking between public and private socioeconomic actors has gained increasing importance. Collective action and cooperative governance take the new public management paradigm of governance into account. In a context of crisis and lack of resources for the public sector, proactive strategies, robust alliances among public and governmental institutions, local communities, associations, and firms (as autonomous “rational resource users” with fixed identities and a common purpose) are moving away from the classical public-private, partnership model. Cooperation and networking improve public services access, provision, and efficiency and give direction on how to create value and economic potential for the local communities, particularly for those with a high degree of social...

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Storlazzi, A., Pastore, P. (2018). Theory of Commons Governance and Public Administration System. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3135-2

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