Institutional Diversity in Self-Governing Societies - The Bloomington School and Beyond

This book assesses the originality of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom’s research program, extends some of its theoretical insights to key areas of institutional and policy analysis, and engages with other approaches and areas of research in order to extend the open-ended quality of the Bloomington School’s research program.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Rationality and Reasoning in Public ChoiceChapter 2 Extending the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework to Policy Analysis and Design
Chapter 3 Framing the State of Nature through Institutionalist Lenses
Chapter 4 Representation: A Slender Thread?
Chapter 5 Polycentricity, Culture, and CovenantChapter 6 Social Learning and the Bonds of Self-governing Communities
Chapter 7 Civic Theory, Bloomington, and a Republican Renewal
Chapter 8 The Struggle to Constitute and Sustain Productive Orders in History: Lessons from Sicily
Chapter 9 Public Goods and the Diagnosis of Counterintentional Policy Outcomes
Chapter 10 Moving toward Sustainability: Integrating Generational Equity into Institutional Analysis

About the author

Paul Dragos Aligica is professor of Political Science at the University of Bucharest and asenior research fellow in theF. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the Mercatus Center, George Mason University.Rosolino A. Candela is senior fellow at the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.Anas Malik is associate professor of political science at Xavier University.

Summary

This book assesses the originality of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom’s research program, extends some of its theoretical insights to key areas of institutional and policy analysis, and engages with other approaches and areas of research in order to extend the open-ended quality of the Bloomington School’s research program.

Product details

• Authors: Filippo Castiglione Sabetti
• Assisted by: Dario Castiglione (Editor), Castiglione Dario (Editor), Filippo Sabetti (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781498527675
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2767-5
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, Political science & theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Political Economy, Political science and theory, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Economic theory and philosophy