William O’Connell
PSC 499
4/24/2011
1. A libertarian would probably love the idea that a group of individuals are able to come together and govern themselves without any interference from a coercive governmental agency. However, I don’t think they would like the idea of a majority having complete control without the constraint of some sort of constitution or other legally binding document. The tyranny of the majority can be much more vicious than a brutal king, and if we are talking about someone’s livelihood like fish or grazing for their cattle, it can become very dangerous.

2. I think Dahl would love this book. Robert Dahl promoted the idea of a polyarchy democracy, in which he wanted as many people as possible to be involved in as many decisions as possible, so this idea of people governing their own commons would be very attractive to him.

3. I would say that yes, her findings are generalizable. She uses a game theory model that looks at all possible outcomes. She also finds general commonalties present throughout all her examples. While she admits that not every scenario calls for the same administration, her basic idea is one that can be applied to all situations.

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