The Practice of Constitutional Development - Vincent Ostrom's Quest to Understand Human Affairs

Informationen zum Autor Barbara Allen is professor! former chair of the Department of Political Science! and former Director of Women's Studies at Carleton College! Northfield! Minnesota. Filippo Sabetti is professor of political science at McGill University. Mark Sproule-Jones is V.K. Copps Professor of political science at McMaster University in Canada. Klappentext Each essay shows how particular countries! governments! and organizations devise constitutions to reflect their visions of governance and sets of rules for their leaders. Using the methods and writing of Vincent Ostrom! contributors further expand our knowledge about what makes up a successful constitution in both theory and in practice. Zusammenfassung Each essay shows how particular countries! governments! and organizations devise constitutions to reflect their visions of governance and sets of rules for their leaders. Using the methods and writing of Vincent Ostrom! contributors further expand our knowledge about what makes up a successful constitution in both theory and in practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Contents 2 Preface Part 3 I. Introduction Chapter 4 1. Institutions as Human Artifacts Part 5 II. Selected Writings of Vincent Ostrom Chapter 6 2. Constitutional Level of Analysis: Problems and Prospects Chapter 7 3. Federalism! Polycentricity! and Res Publica: Some Reflections on the American Experiments in Republican Government Chapter 8 4. Beyond Public Choice Part 9 III. New Directions in the Development of Natural Resources Chapter 10 5. Experience Guides Theory: "Discovering" the Political Theory of a Compound Republic Chapter 11 6. Crafting Water Constitutions in California Chapter 12 7. Constitutional Choice and Water Governance in the Western United States Chapter 13 8. Public Administration: An Intellectual Crisis or a New Direction? Part 14 IV. New Directions in Local and Regional Governance Chapter 15 9. Local Public Economies and Metropolitan Governance: A Research Program Retrospective Chapter 16 10. Metropolitan Organization and Police Chapter 17 11. Sources of Order and Disorder in Africa: Local Governance in Statecentric Regimes Chapter 18 12. Constituting a New Order in the European North 19 Index 20 About the Contributors ...

Product details

• Authors: Filippo Sabetti, Filippo (EDT)/ Allen Sabetti
• Assisted by: Barbara Allen (Editor), Filippo Sabetti (Editor), Mark Sproule-Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2008
• EAN: 9780739126325
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2632-5
• No. of pages: 261
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas