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Elinor Ostrom and the Bloomington School of Political Economy

Polycentricity in Public Administration and Political Science

von: Daniel H. Cole, Michael D. McGinnis, Paul Dragos Aligica, Elinor Ostrom, Vincent Ostrom, Charles M. Tiebout, Robert Warren
48,99 €
Verlag:	Lexington Books
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	24.12.2014
ISBN/EAN:	9780739191019
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	410

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Titelbeschreibung

Elinor (Lin) Ostrom was awarded the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for her pathbreaking research on "economic governance, especially the commons"; but she also made important contributions to several other fields of political economy and public policy. The range of topics she covered and the multiple methods she used might convey the mistaken impression that her body of work is disjointed and incoherent. 
 

 
This four-volume compendium of papers written by Lin, alone or with various coauthors (most
 
notably including her husband and partner, Vincent), supplemented by others expanding
 
on their work, brings together the common strands of research that serve to tie her impressive oeuvre together. That oeuvre, together with Vincent's own impressive body of work, has come to define a distinctive school of political-economic thought, the "Bloomington School."
 

 
Each of the four volumes is organized around a central theme of Lin's work. Volume 1 explores the roles played by the concept polycentricity in the disciplines of public administration, political science, and other forms of political economy. Polycentricity denotes a complex system of governance in which public authorities, citizens, and private organizations work together to establish and enforce the rules that guide their behavior. Itencapsulates an approach toward policy analysis that blurs standard disciplinary boundaries between the social sciences. 
 

 
Throughout their long and remarkably productive careers, Elinor and Vincent Ostrom never tired of reminding us of the capacity of ordinary humans to transcend their own limitations by engaging with others in the myriad forms of collective action required to build and sustain a self-governing society. Their careers stand as exemplars of the proper relationship between rigorous scholarship and responsible citizenship.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

Elinor Ostrom and the Bloomington School of Political Economy is a comprehensive collection, in four volumes, of the most important contributions by Ostrom and her colleagues on central issues across the social sciences.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART III: A NEW VISION FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 7 Public Choice: A Different Approach to the Study of Public Administration 165 Vincent Ostrom and Elinor Ostrom 8 Alternative Approaches to the Organization of Public Proprietary Interests 189 Vincent Ostrom 9 Executive Leadership, Authority Relationships, and Public Entrepreneurship 217 Vincent Ostrom 10 Artisanship and Artifact 233 Vincent Ostrom 11 Refl ections on Vincent Ostrom, Public Administration, and Polycentricity 251 Michael D. McGinnis and Elinor Ostrom PART IV: LESSONS FOR THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF POLITICS 12 Elinor Ostrom: Politics as Problem-Solving in Polycentric Settings 281 Michael D. McGinnis 13 Converting Threats into Opportunities 307 Elinor Ostrom 14 A Frequently Overlooked Precondition of Democracy: Citizens Knowledgeable about and Engaged in Collective Action 337 Elinor Ostrom Index 353 Contributors 000

Autorenportrait

DANIEL H. COLE is professor of law and professor of public and environmental affairs at Indiana University Bloomington, where he also serves on the affiliated faculty of the Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. MICHAEL D. MCGINNIS is professor of political science at Indiana University Bloomington. He is a senior research fellow (and former director) of the Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis.