Challenging Institutional Analysis And Development

Author : Paul Dragos Aligica,Peter J. Boettke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135968533

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Challenging Institutional Analysis and Development demonstrates the importance of one of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics winners Elinor Ostrom's research program. The Bloomington School has become one of the most dynamic, well recognized and productive centers of the New Institutional Theory movement. Its ascendancy is considered to be the result of a unique and extremely successful combination of interdisciplinary theoretical approaches and hard-nosed empiricism. This book demonstrates that the well-known interdisciplinary and empirical agenda of the Bloomington Research Program is the result of a less-known but very bold proposition: an attempt to revitalize and extend into the new millennium a traditional mode of analysis illustrated by authors like Locke, Montesquieu, Hume, Adam Smith, Hamilton, Madison and Tocqueville. As such, the School tries to synthesize the traditional perspectives with the contemporary developments in social sciences and thus to re-ignite the old approach in the new intellectual and political context of the twentieth century. The book presents an outline and a systematic analysis of the vision behind the Bloomington Research Program in Institutional Analysis and Development, explaining its basic assumptions and its main themes as well as the foundational philosophy that frames its research questions and theoretical and methodological approaches. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of social science, especially those in the fields of economics, political sciences, sociology and public administration.

Author : Paul Dragos Aligica,Peter J. Boettke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135968540

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This important volume presents a systematic analysis of the Bloomington Institutional and Development (IAD) Research Program that developed a unique and extremely successful combination of interdisciplinary theoretical and empirical approaches for the study of social sciences.

Author : Vincent Ostrom,David Feeny,Hartmut Picht
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016342961

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Rethinking Institutional Analysis and Development by Vincent Ostrom,David Feeny,Hartmut Picht Pdf

Author : Elinor Ostrom
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400831739

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Understanding Institutional Diversity by Elinor Ostrom Pdf

The analysis of how institutions are formed, how they operate and change, and how they influence behavior in society has become a major subject of inquiry in politics, sociology, and economics. A leader in applying game theory to the understanding of institutional analysis, Elinor Ostrom provides in this book a coherent method for undertaking the analysis of diverse economic, political, and social institutions. Understanding Institutional Diversity explains the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework, which enables a scholar to choose the most relevant level of interaction for a particular question. This framework examines the arena within which interactions occur, the rules employed by participants to order relationships, the attributes of a biophysical world that structures and is structured by interactions, and the attributes of a community in which a particular arena is placed. The book explains and illustrates how to use the IAD in the context of both field and experimental studies. Concentrating primarily on the rules aspect of the IAD framework, it provides empirical evidence about the diversity of rules, the calculation process used by participants in changing rules, and the design principles that characterize robust, self-organized resource governance institutions.

Author : Derek Wall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136173127

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The Sustainable Economics of Elinor Ostrom by Derek Wall Pdf

Elinor Ostrom’s Nobel Prize-winning work on common pool property rights has implications for some of the most pressing sustainability issues of the twenty-first century — from tackling climate change to maintaining cyberspace. In this book, Derek Wall critically examines Ostrom’s work, while also exploring the following questions: is it possible to combine insights rooted in methodological individualism with a theory that stresses collectivist solutions? Is Ostrom’s emphasis on largely local solutions to climate change relevant to a crisis propelled by global factors? This volume situates her ideas in terms of the constitutional analysis of her partner Vincent Ostrom and wider institutional economics. It outlines her key concerns, including a radical research methodology, commitment to indigenous people and the concept of social-ecological systems. Ostrom is recognised for producing a body of work which demonstrates how people can construct rules that allow them to exploit the environment in an ecologically sustainable way, without the need for governmental regulation, and this book argues that in a world where ecological realities increasingly threaten material prosperity, such scholarship provides a way of thinking about how humanity can create truly sustainable development. Given the inter-disciplinary nature of Ostrom’s work, this book will be relevant to those working in the areas of environmental economics, political economy, political science and ecology.

Author : Matías Petersen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781040044858

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Political Economy, Institutions and Virtue by Matías Petersen Pdf

This book engages with a radical critique of the modern state and the contemporary economic order: Alasdair MacIntyre’s ‘revolutionary Aristotelianism’ project. Central to this critique is the idea that the moral norms that markets and states tend to reproduce or reinforce are an obstacle to the development of practical judgement. The book outlines MacIntyre’s theory of practical reason and discusses some of the institutional arrangements that can be derived from it. It also explores the growing body of literature which has started to examine the extent to which alternative forms of social organisation might be more compatible with MacIntyre’s account of the virtues. This literature includes various proposals for alternative political and economic arrangements, ranging from certain forms of market socialism to the promotion of different forms of mutual and cooperative enterprises. Finally, the book offers an account of the type of institutional analysis required for the advancement of the revolutionary Aristotelianism project. This is achieved by showing how some key features of the Bloomington School of political economy are not only compatible with MacIntyre’s political philosophy, but also that a synthesis between neo- Aristotelian moral philosophy and the work of the Bloomington School offers a robust alternative for revolutionary Aristotelians. Thus, the book defends the idea that MacIntyre’s account of human flourishing is more likely to be realised, although imperfectly, in a polycentric social order. This book will be of interest to social scientists working in questions of political economy as well as political and moral philosophers.

Author : Bryan Cheang,Tom G. Palmer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789819908448

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Institutions and Economic Development by Bryan Cheang,Tom G. Palmer Pdf

This book is a survey of the field of development studies from a political economy perspective. It first reviews the academic literature on development and highlights the fundamental importance of institutions and social values, over and above other alternative theories, as determinants in long-run development. In this context, the book draws from the works of Nobel Laureates Douglass North, F.A. Hayek and Elinor Ostrom, and argues that the ingredients of property rights, the rule of law, and market freedoms are essential in generating socio-economic progress. Successful reforms however are not simply a function of constructing formal institutions, but must cohere with the social values, norms, and cultural commitments of local communities. It is in this spirit that the book theorises on the oft-neglected role that political entrepreneurs play in driving endogenous institutional change. Specifically, this book integrates the theoretical discussion on market-driven development with a range of case studies from around the world, featuring the bottom-up efforts of local change agents to pursue institutional reforms and changes in social opinion.

Author : Elinor Ostrom
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107569782

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Governing the Commons by Elinor Ostrom Pdf

Tackles one of the most enduring and contentious issues of positive political economy: common pool resource management.

Author : Andreas Thiel,Dustin E. Garrick,William A. Blomquist
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108419987

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Governing Complexity by Andreas Thiel,Dustin E. Garrick,William A. Blomquist Pdf

This book explains why governance is polycentric and what that means in practice, using examples of complex natural resource management.

Author : Paul Dragos Aligica
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199843909

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Institutional Diversity and Political Economy by Paul Dragos Aligica Pdf

This book discusses some of the most challenging ideas emerging out of the research program on institutional diversity associated with the 2009 co-recipient of 2009 Nobel Prize in economics, Elinor Ostrom, while outlining a set of new research directions and an original interpretation of the significance and future of this program.

Author : M. J. Trebilcock,M. M. Prado
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857938879

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What Makes Poor Countries Poor? by M. J. Trebilcock,M. M. Prado Pdf

'Law and development is a difficult field. It is at once multi-disciplinary and comparative; historical and policy driven; theoretical and empirical; positive and normative. Here at long last is a book that provides a masterful overview and critical analysis that will make this field accessible to students and teachers alike.' Katharina Pistor, Columbia Law School, US This important book focuses on the idea that institutions matter for development, asking what lessons we have learned from past reform efforts, and what role lawyers can play in this field. What Makes Poor Countries Poor? provides a critical overview of different conceptions and theories of development, situating institutional theories within the larger academic debate on development. The book also discusses why, whether, and how institutions matter in different fields of development. In the domestic sphere, the authors answer these questions by analyzing institutional reforms in the public (rule of law, political regimes and bureaucracy) and the private sectors (contracts, property rights, and privatization). In the international sphere, they discuss the importance of institutions for trade, foreign direct investment, and foreign aid. This book will be essential reading for those interested in a concise introduction to the academic debates in this field, as well as for students, practitioners, and policymakers in law and development.

Author : Paul Dragos Aligica,Peter J. Boettke,Vlad Tarko
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780190267049

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Public Governance and the Classical-Liberal Perspective by Paul Dragos Aligica,Peter J. Boettke,Vlad Tarko Pdf

Classical liberalism entails not only a theory about the scope of government and its relationship with the market but also a distinct view about how government should operate within its proper domain of public choices in non-market settings. Building on the political economy principles underpinning the works of diverse authors such as Friedrich Hayek, James Buchanan and Vincent and Elinor Ostrom, this book challenges the technocratic-epistocratic perspective in which social goals are defined by an aggregated social function and experts simply provide the means to attain them. The authors argue that individualism, freedom of choice, and freedom of association have deep implications on how we design, manage and assess our public governance arrangements. The book examines the knowledge and incentive problems associated with bureaucratic public administration while contrasting it with democratic governance. Aligica, Boettke, and Tarko argue that the focus should be on the diversity of opinions in any society regarding "what should be done" and on the design of democratic and polycentric institutions capable of limiting social conflicts and satisfying the preferences of as many people as possible. They thus fill a large gap in the literature, the public discourse, and the ways decision makers understand the nature and administration of the public sector.

Author : Johnathan O'Neill
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781421444635

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Conservative Thought and American Constitutionalism since the New Deal by Johnathan O'Neill Pdf

An intellectual history of American conservativism since the New Deal. The New Deal fundamentally changed the institutions of American constitutional government and, in turn, the relationship of Americans to their government. Johnathan O'Neill's Conservative Thought and American Constitutionalism since the New Deal examines how various types of conservative thinkers responded to this significant turning point in the second half of the twentieth century. O'Neill identifies four fundamental transformations engendered by the New Deal: the rise of the administrative state, the erosion of federalism, the ascendance of the modern presidency, and the development of modern judicial review. He then considers how various schools of conservative thought (traditionalists, neoconservatives, libertarians, Straussians) responded to these major changes in American politics and culture. Conservatives frequently argued among themselves, and their responses to the New Deal ranged from adaptation to condemnation to political mobilization. Ultimately, the New Deal pulled American governance and society permanently leftward. Although some of the New Deal's liberal gains have been eroded, a true conservative counterrevolution was never, O'Neill argues, a realistic possibility. He concludes with a plea for conservative thinkers to seriously reconsider the role of Congress—a body that is relatively ignored by conservative intellectuals in favor of the courts and the presidency—in America's constitutional order. Conservative Thought and American Constitutionalism since the New Deal explores the scope and significance of conservative constitutional analysis amid the broader field of American political thought.

Author : R. Maria Saleth,Ariel Dinar
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0821356569

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The Institutional Economics of Water by R. Maria Saleth,Ariel Dinar Pdf

This publication examines issues of water sector reform and performance from the perspectives of institutional economics and political economic studies. The authors develop an alternative quantitative assessment methodology based on the principle of 'institutional ecology', as well as data collected from 127 water experts from 43 countries and regions around the world using a cross-country review of recent water sector reforms within an institutional transaction cost framework.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780821368916

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Tools for Institutional, Political, and Social Analysis of Policy Reform by Anonim Pdf

"Analysis of the distributional impact of policy reforms plays an important role in the elaboration and implementation of poverty reduction strategies in developing and transitional countries, promoting evidence-based policy choices and fostering debate on policy reform options. International agencies and national partners are increasingly encouraging a more systematic application of policy reform analysis. Requisite to a systematic application is capacity building within countries as well as within donor agencies." "Tools for Institutional, Political, and Social Analysis of Policy Reform: A Sourcebook for Development Practitioners contributes to this agenda by introducing a framework and a set of practical tools that analyze the institutional, political, and social dimensions of policy design and implementation. The authors fill a perceived gap in knowledge of the application of social tools and complement existing guidance on conventional economic analysis of distributional impacts of reform." "This book will be of interest to commissioners and practitioners working in policy analysis in a range of areas - including macroeconomic, sectoral, and public sector policy - that are subject to ongoing policy reform discussions."--BOOK JACKET.