What Are the Characteristics of Common Resources and Why Do

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Essay

What are the characteristics of common resources and why do governments seek to limit the use of common resources?

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Definitions:

Intersectionality

A framework for understanding how various aspects of a person's social and political identities (gender, race, class, sexuality, etc.) combine to create different modes of discrimination and privilege.

Fluidity

The quality of being adaptable or variable, often used in the context of gender or sexuality to describe experiences that don't fit into fixed categories.

Salience

The quality of being particularly noticeable or important; the state of being prominent in the mind or in a situation.

Homogeneity

The quality or state of being all the same or all of the same kind, often used to describe a population or group with minimal diversity.