1. Introduction: Commons Analytical Frameworks and Case Studies Blake Hudson, Jonathan Rosenbloom and Dan Cole Part I: Theoretical Frameworks and Alternative Lenses for Analyzing Commons 2. Bridging Analytical Frameworks and Disciplines to Which They Apply Konrad Hagedorn, Philipp Grundmann and Andreas Thiel 3. Using the Ostrom Workshop Frameworks to Study the Commons Michael Cox 4. Polycentricity Josephine van Zeben 5. Connecting Commons and the IAD Framework Mike McGinnis 6. Anticommons Theory Michael Heller 7. Knowledge Commons Michael J. Madison, Brett M. Frischmann and Katherine J. Strandburg 8. Commons Storytelling: Tragedies, Comedies, and Tragicomedies Brigham Daniels 9. Common-pool Resource Appropriation and Conservation: Lessons from Experimental Economics James Walker and Esther Blanco 10. Humanistic Rational Choice: Understanding the Fundamental Motivations that Drive Self-Organization and Cooperation in Commons Dilemmas Dan DeCaro Part II: Commons Interdisciplinary Case Studies 11. The US Public Lands as Commons Bruce Huber 12. Water Commons: A Critical Appreciation and Revisionist View Eduardo Araral, Maitreyee Mukherjee, Faye Victoria Sit Ying Qi and Serik Orazgaliyev 13. Commons Analysis and Ocean Fisheries Bonnie McCay Merritt 14. Coastal Commons as Social-ecological Systems Achim Schlüter, Stefan Partelow, Luz Elba Torres-Guevara and Tim C. Jennerjahn 15. Climate as a Commons Jouni Paavola 16. Governing Wildlife Commons: Wild Boars, Wolves, and Red Kites Christian Schleyer, Nina Hagemann and Katharina Rauchenecker 17. Ecosystem Services as Commons? Tatiana Kluvankova, Stanislava Brnkalakova, Veronika Gezik and Michal Maco 18. Urban commons of the Global South: Using multiple frames to illuminate complexity Seema Mundoli, Hita Unnikrishnan and Harini Nagendra 19. Ostrom in the City: Design Principles and Practices for the Urban Commons Sheila R. Foster and Christian Iaione 20. Infrastructure and its Governance: The British Broadcasting Corporation Case Study Brett Frischmann 21. Medical Information Commons Mary A. Majumder, Peter D. Zuk and Amy L. McGuire 22. Ethical Standards for Unconsented Data Access to Build Genomic and Other Medical Information Commons Barbara Evans 23. Technology Dependent Commons Nina Wormbs 24. From Historical Institution to pars pro toto: the Commons and Their Revival in Historical Perspective Tine De Moor 25. Customary Authority and Commons Governance Frank Matose, Phil René Oyono and James Murombedzi 26. The Role of Pseudo-Commons in Post-Socialist Countries Insa Theesfeld 27. Facilitated Self-Governance of the Commons: On the Roles of Civil Society Organizations in the Governance of Shared Resource Systems Frank van Laerhoven and Clare Barnes 28. Commons, Indigenous Rights, and Governance Iliana Monterroso, Peter Cronkleton and Anne M. Larson 29. Globalization, Local Commons, and the Multiscale Ecosystem Framework (MEF) Timothy O. Randhir Part III: A Global Context 30. Bigger Issues in a Smaller World: The Future of the Commons Cheryl Chan, Fatima Noor Khan and Sajida Awan 31. Protecting the Global Commons: The Politics of Planetary Boundaries Oran R. Young and Falk Schmidt