Working together : collective action, the commons, and multiple methods in practice / Amy R. Poteete, Marco A. Janssen, Elinor Ostrom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poteete, Amy R., 1968-

Contributor:

Janssen, Marco, 1969-

Ostrom, Elinor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commons--Management--Methodology.

Commons.

Global commons--Management--Methodology.

Global commons.

Natural resources, Communal--Management--Methodology.

Natural resources, Communal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Advances in the social sciences have emerged through a variety of research methods: field-based research, laboratory and field experiments, and agent-based models. However, which research method or approach is best suited to a particular inquiry is frequently debated and discussed. Working Together examines how different methods have promoted various theoretical developments related to collective action and the commons, and demonstrates the importance of cross-fertilization involving multimethod research across traditional boundaries. The authors look at why cross-fertilization is difficult to achieve, and they show ways to overcome these challenges through collaboration. The authors provide numerous examples of collaborative, multimethod research related to collective action and the commons. They examine the pros and cons of case studies, meta-analyses, large-N field research, experiments and modeling, and empirically grounded agent-based models, and they consider how these methods contribute to research on collective action for the management of natural resources. Using their findings, the authors outline a revised theory of collective action that includes three elements: individual decision making, microsituational conditions, and features of the broader social-ecological context. Acknowledging the academic incentives that influence and constrain how research is conducted, Working Together reworks the theory of collective action and offers practical solutions for researchers and students across a spectrum of disciplines.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Prologue

Part One: Introduction

Chapter One. Overcoming Methodological Challenges

Part Two: Field Methods

Chapter Two. Small-N Case Studies: Putting the Commons under a Magnifying Glass

Chapter Three. Broadly Comparative Field-Based Research

Chapter Four. Meta-Analysis: Getting the Big Picture through Synthesis

Chapter Five. Collaborative Field Studies

Part Three: Models and Experiments in the Laboratory and the Field

Chapter Six. Experiments in the Laboratory and the Field

Chapter Seven. Agent-Based Models of Collective Action

Chapter Eight. Building Empirically Grounded Agent-Based Models

Part Four: Synthesis

Chapter Nine. Pushing the Frontiers of the Theory of Collective Action and the Commons

Appendix 9.1: A Theoretical Puzzle: Why Do Some Resource Users Self-Organize and Others Do Not?

Chapter Ten. Learning from Multiple Methods

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781400835157

1400835151

9780691146041

0691146047

OCLC:

852758245