Elinor Ostrom - An Intellectual Biography

List of contents

Introduction: The idea of self-governance as the foundation to institutional analysis and development / 1. Against Gargantua: The study of local public economies / 2. Polycentricity: The art and science of association / 3. Escaping the tragedy of the commons: The concept of property and the varieties of self-governing arrangements / 4. Resilience: Understanding the institutional capacity to cope with shocks and other challenges / 5. Hamilton's dilemma: Can societies establish good governments by reflection and choice? / Conclusion: Elinor Ostrom as a role model for social scientists

About the author

Vlad Tarko is Assistant Professor in Economics at Dickinson College, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Vlad Tarko, Tarko Vlad
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2016
• EAN: 9781783485895
• ISBN: 978-1-78348-589-5
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 216 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 263 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Biography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Economic history, Economic theory & philosophy, Public Administration, Political Economy, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Economic theory and philosophy