Resource Regimes

Resource Regimes: Natural Resources and Social Theory is a scholarly study by political scientist Oran R. Young, first published by the University of California Press in 1982. It examines how natural resources are governed through regimes, the sets of rules, norms, and decision-making arrangements that determine who uses a resource and how. Young uses these ideas to connect resource management with broader questions in social theory.

Young is known for his work on international environmental governance and institutions. This edition is part of the press's Voices Revived program, which returns backlist scholarship to print through print-on-demand.