A Commons Transition Plan
The Commons Transition Plan is based on the analysis and observation of existing commons-based processes and economies and describes how a generative, commons-producing civil society can lead to a new market and state.
Public Policy for a Social Knowledge Economy
A report on the radical democratization of the state and the mobilization and expansion of the social/solidarity economy through the creation of public-commons partnerships.
Open Design Commons and Distributed Manufacturing
A report on the application of social knowledge economy principles to the secondary economic sector, with an emphasis on manufacturing.
Towards a Partner State: Elements for a Commons Transition
Strategic proposals for building an alternative economy to provide a livelihoodto those contributing to the shared commons - the heart of a Commons Transition.
Commons Based Reciprocity Licenses
Solving the paradox of peer production — where the more communistic the sharing license, the more capitalistic the practice — with a new type of license.
Open Cooperativism
Suggestions for new cooperative enterprise forms which retain the internal democracy of traditional coops, but replace their competitive mentality with a transnational commons orientation.
Blueprint for a Partner State
Occupying a reduced role compared to the classic state, the new peer to peer state will find many of its functions met by civil society associations, fostering commons development interlinked with processes of global governance.
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