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Book SynopsisElinor Ostrom and the Bloomington School of Political Economy is a comprehensive collection, in four volumes, of the most important contributions by Ostrom and her colleagues on central issues across the social sciences.
Trade ReviewCole and McGinnis have assembled some of the key works by Vincent and Elinor Ostrom on the interactions among agents and political, economic, and legal institutions to provide local public goods. Their scholarship has changed the way in which we think about local collective action and its ability to address major resource issues. Cole and McGinnis are uniquely qualified to assemble this compendium because of their long-standing interaction as close colleagues of the Ostroms in the development of the Bloomington School of Political Economy. -- Gary Libecap, University of California, Santa Barbara
Anyone who wonders why Elinor Ostrom received the Nobel Economic Sciences Prize need only read this book to stop wondering. -- Thomas C. Schelling, University of Maryland
Table of ContentsPART III: A NEW VISION FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 7 Public Choice: A Different Approach to the Study of Public Administration 165 Vincent Ostrom and Elinor Ostrom 8 Alternative Approaches to the Organization of Public Proprietary Interests 189 Vincent Ostrom 9 Executive Leadership, Authority Relationships, and Public Entrepreneurship 217 Vincent Ostrom 10 Artisanship and Artifact 233 Vincent Ostrom 11 Refl ections on Vincent Ostrom, Public Administration, and Polycentricity 251 Michael D. McGinnis and Elinor Ostrom PART IV: LESSONS FOR THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF POLITICS 12 Elinor Ostrom: Politics as Problem-Solving in Polycentric Settings 281 Michael D. McGinnis 13 Converting Threats into Opportunities 307 Elinor Ostrom 14 A Frequently Overlooked Precondition of Democracy: Citizens Knowledgeable about and Engaged in Collective Action 337 Elinor Ostrom Index 353 Contributors 000
