Free Download Michael A.R. Graves, "The Tudor Parliaments,The Crown,Lords and Commons,1485-1603: Crown, Lords and Commons, 1485-1603 "
English | ISBN: 1138408077 | 2017 | pages | EPUB | 399 KB
This excellent short survey looks at the workings of parliament under the first four Tudor monarchs. After an introductory first section which looks at parliament's medieval origins, the author then considers all aspects of early parliamentary history - including the historiography of the early Tudor parliaments, membership and attendance, the legislative roles of the Lords and Commons and the specific parliaments themselves.

Rethinking Economics Starting from the Commons: Towards an Economics of Francesco
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031233239 | 425 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 5 MB
This book proposes a new approach to economics, starting from the commons and based on the Economy of Francesco (EoF), a worldwide movement of young people who aim to change the current economic models and working towards a fair, sustainable, and inclusive economic system. EoF was convened by Pope Francis and is inspired by the example of St. Francis of Assisi, featuring Franciscan economic roots and institutions, as well as theories of the social sciences.

The Commons and a New Global Governance By Samuel Cogolati (editor), Jan Wouters (editor)
2018 | 384 Pages | ISBN: 1788118502 | PDF | 5 MB
Given the new-found importance of the commons in current political discourse, it has become increasingly necessary to explore the democratic, institutional and legal implications of the commons for global governance today. This book analyses and explores the ground-breaking model of the commons and its relation to these debates. Featuring original contributions from renowned scholars across the globe and analysis of Elinor Ostrom's fundamental work, this interdisciplinary book is organized into three main areas of inquiry: the commons as vehicles for the democratization of global governance, the role played by commons-based institutions in global governance and a more normative interrogation around what international law ought to look like to support the commons. Provocative and critical ideas about the current system of global governance act as a stimulus to explore further research and activism in the commons. The first of its kind to offer a specific focus on the commons and global governance, this much-needed book will prove invaluable for academics in the humanities and social sciences including economists, political philosophers, political scientists and legal scholars. It will also appeal to policy-makers, concerned members of civil society and commons activists.

The Art of the Creative Commons Openness, Networked Value and Peer Production in the Sound Industry by Miłosz Miszczyński and Kozminski University
English | May 12, 2022 | ISBN: 9004504230 | 228 pages | PDF | 1,6 MB
The Art of the Creative Commons is a book about peer-to-peer production, providing a unique model of commons from the creative industries.

Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago, "Against the Commons: A Radical History of Urban Planning"
English | ISBN: 1517911761 | 2022 | 318 pages | PDF | 5 MB
An alternative history of capitalist urbanization through the lens of the commons

The Blue Commons: Rescuing the Economy of the Sea by Guy Standing
English | July 7th, 2022 | ISBN: 0241475872 | 592 pages | True EPUB | 1.10 MB
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST ECONOMICS BOOK OF 2022

Ash Amin, Philip Howell, "Releasing the Commons: Rethinking the futures of the commons"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1138546488, 1138942340 | PDF | pages: 239 | 4.8 mb
This book moves beyond seeing the commons in the past tense, an entity passed over from the public into the private, to reimagine the commons as a process, a contest of force, a reconstitution, and a site of convening practices. It highlights new spaces of gathering opening up, such as the digital commons, and new practices of being in common, such as community economies and solidarity networks. The commons is seen as a contested domain of the collective and as a changing way of being in common, with the balance poised in the tensile play between political economy and social innovation. The book focuses on the possibility of recovering a future in which more can be held by the many, focusing on three concepts: nation and nature as a commons, publics and rights, and bodies, concerning the management of lives and livelihoods. Across these three passage points, the book finds evidence of a commons under attack but also defended in fragile though promising ways.

Various, "Charities and the Commons: The Pittsburgh Survey, Part I: The People"
English | ISBN: 9354949134 | 2021 | 208 pages | EPUB | 337 KB
This is many of the old books which has been considered important throughout the human history. They are now extremely scarce and very expensive antique. So that this work is never forgotten We republish them in high quality, using the original text and artwork so that they can be preserved for the present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Sustainability and the Civil Commons: Rural Communities in the Age of Globalization By Jennifer Sumner
2005 | 180 Pages | ISBN: 0802079997 | PDF | 2 MB

English | 2022 | ISBN: 0367484048 | 165 pages | True PDF | 12.52 MB
Recent years have seen a surge of interest in 'the commons' based on a simple yet radical idea: great improvements in production and management could be achieved by reducing barriers to knowledge exchange and power-sharing. Ranging from meadows, forests and parks to language, open-source software (FLOSS and Blockchain) and 3D printers, the commons are distributed or common property resources/infrastructures that are self-managed by their user communities. While acknowledging the significant contributions that can be made through commons-based peer production, this book provides a critical examination of the commons with the aim of contributing to their long-term sustainability. In particular, the book examines the relation of Blockchain to the commons by illustrating the case study of the Commons Stack.