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James Acheson

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Publications

47

Citations

4.9K

H-Index

27

Active since

1972

Affiliations

University of Maine(Current)

University of Maine System

Indiana University Bloomington

James Acheson is an author at University of Maine specializing in business, economics, and engineering.

Top concepts

BusinessEconomicsEngineeringPublic PolicyFisheries ManagementFisheries ScienceEnvironmental PolicyManagementSocial SciencesConservation Biology

Publications per year

1972–2018

47

Publications

47

The Tragedy of the Commons: Twenty-two years later

David Feeny, Fikret Berkes, Bonnie J. McCay et al. · Human Ecology · 1990 · 1.4K citations

Public Policy, Environmental Law, Environmental Politics +3

The Question of the Commons: The Culture and Ecology of Communal Resources

Colin Duncan, Bonnie M. McCay, James Acheson · Labour / Le Travail · 1989 · 642 citations

Culture, Collective Action Problem, Sustainable Development +9

Institutional Failure in Resource Management

James Acheson · Annual Review of Anthropology · 2006 · 443 citations

Engineering, Sustainability Governance, Sustainable Development +20

Anthropology of Fishing

James Acheson · Annual Review of Anthropology · 1981 · 424 citations

Material Forms, Infrastructure System, Infrastructure Development +11

The lobster fiefs: Economic and ecological effects of territoriality in the maine lobster industry

James Acheson · Human Ecology · 1975 · 292 citations

Economics, Marine Economics, Seafood Industry +6

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