Institutional diversity in self-governing societies : the Bloomington school and beyond / edited by Filippo Sabetti and Dario Castiglione.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sabetti, Filippo, 1940- editor.

Castiglione, Dario, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Institutional economics--Political aspects.

Institutional economics.

Political science--Economic aspects.

Political science.

Public goods.

Common good.

Physical Description:

xxii, 269 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]

Summary:

The work of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom represents a distinctive contribution to the study of political economy, public policy and administration, collective action, and governance theory. Attention to their contribution received new impetus with the award of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences to Elinor Ostrom in 2009. The open-ended and multiform nature of the Ostroms' research program in political theory and policy analysis continues to defy a single comprehensive overview; yet, it is a stimulus towards both creativity and disciplinary cross-fertilization in social inquiry. The contributions to this volume bring together theory and practice, models and work on the ground, design and creativity, empirics and norms, to outline the significance of the Ostroms' research program for the future by engaging with other approaches and areas of research with which the Bloomington School has some affinities. This way of testing and extending the ideas and methods of the Ostroms is particularly appropriate since their research program, initiated and nurtured through the Workshop and its associates world-wide, has always been in-between different fields and sub-fields (political science, economics, public administration, law, history, anthropology), cultivating a strong interdisciplinary way of doing research and exploiting the virtuous circle between theory, analysis, model building, and empirical research. Engaging in a creative dialogue with ideas and methods of other research programs is a way of sharpening one's analytic tools, while renovating one's own vision of social research. This volume is a way of thinking through and beyond the Bloomington School. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Theoretical and Epistemic Frameworks 1

1 Rationality and Reasoning in Public Choice / Albert Weale Weale, Albert 3

2 Extending the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework to Policy Analysis and Design / Margaret M. Polski Polski, Margaret M. 25

3 Framing the State of Nature through Institutionalist Lenses / Paul Dragos Aligica Aligica, Paul Dragos, Ion Sterpan Sterpan, Ion 49

Part II Institutional Creativity and Governance 69

4 Representation: A Slender Thread? / Ronald J. Oakerson Oakerson, Ronald J. 71

5 Polycentricity, Culture, and Covenant / Anas Malik Malik, Anas 107

6 Social Learning and the Bonds of Self-Governing Communities / Dario Castiglione Castiglione, Dario 129

7 Civic Theory, Bloomington, and a Republican Renewal / Karol Edward Soltan Soltan, Karol Edward 157

Part III From Governing the Commons to Theory Building 185

8 For a History of the Struggle to Constitute and Sustain Productive Orders: Lessons from Sicily / Filippo Sabetti Sabetti, Filippo, Rosolino Candela Candela, Rosolino 187

9 Public Goods and the Diagnosis of Counterintentional Policy Outcomes / Michael A. Fotos, III Fotos, Michael A. III 213

10 Moving toward Sustain ability: Integrating Generational Equity into Institutional Analysis / Abigail Sullivan Sullivan, Abigail, Abigail York York, Abigail, Scott Yabiku Yabiku, Scott 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Institutional diversity in self-governing societies

ISBN:

9781498527675

1498527671

OCLC:

958779610