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Elinor Ostrom and the Bloomington School of Political Economy
Polycentricity in Public Administration and Political Science
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2014
Summary
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.
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Copyright year
2014
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-9100-2
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-9101-9
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
362
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction to the Four-Volume Compendium No access
Introduction to Volume 1 No access
1 A Long Polycentric Journey No access
2 Rethinking the Terms of Choice: Interview with Vincent Ostrom No access
3 Rethinking Governance Systems and Challenging Disciplinary Boundaries: Interview with Elinor Ostrom No access
4 The Organization of Government in Metropolitan Areas: A Theoretical Inquiry No access
5 Governance of Local Communities No access
6 Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems No access
7 Public Choice: A Different Approach to the Study of Public Administration No access
8 Alternative Approaches to the Organization of Public Proprietary Interests No access
9 Executive Leadership, Authority Relationships, and Public Entrepreneurship No access
10 Artisanship and Artifact No access
11 Reflections on Vincent Ostrom, Public Administration, and Polycentricity No access
12 Elinor Ostrom: Politics as Problem-Solving in Polycentric Settings No access
13 Converting Threats into Opportunities No access
14 A Frequently Overlooked Precondition of Democracy: Citizens Knowledgeable about and Engaged in Collective Action No access
