REGULATING COMMON-POOL RESOURCES: THE PROBLEM OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN POLAND

Author

, Professor in Economics, Habilitated Doctor, in Wałbrzych, Poland, Wałbrzych,
, Habilitated Doctor in Law, Professor, , in Wałbrzych, Poland, Wałbrzych,

In heading

Economic theory of law;

Signed print

21.09.2018

Issues number

2018 - № 3 (34)

Page

61-79

Type of articles

Scientific article

Code UDK

330.1 (438)

ISSN print

2411-5584

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to present the impact of social capital in Poland on the regulation of common-pool resources (CPRs). The conceptual framework created by Elinor and Vincent Ostrom was used. However, not only «traditional» CPRs, such as pastures, water intakes, and irrigation devices, but also the new ones, i.e. property in common use managed by residential communities, are the subject of our analysis. Polish regulations of both kinds of CPRs are of formalistic character. In case of «traditional» CPRs this situation is partly caused by specific legal culture influenced by formalistic foreign regulations (dating back to the 19th century) and by bureaucratic administration during the period of central planning. After 1989 similar methods has been applied to regulate new CPRs. In our view, the deficiency of social capital is the reason why such a mode of regulation, thought contrary to the principles described by Elinor Ostrom, is seen by some as not only acceptable, but even desirable. We emphasize, therefore, the role of adequate social capital in the management of CPRs.

Keywords

common-pool resources, ownership, Poland, social capital, residential communities.

Reviewer

External reviewer

Article in PDF

61-79

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Code DOI

10.31359/2411-5584-2018-34-3-61

20.09.2018