The Commons in an Age of Uncertainty: Decolonizing Nature, Economy, and Society.

As Obeng-Odoom points out, George gravitated toward a community "stewardship" conception of the commons, specifically land, versus private "ownership". Franklin Obeng-Odoom provides a summary of this history and the current status of the debate as a basis for "rethinking the commons". Debates about property rights and the role of the commons have a long history. [Extracted from the article]