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Introduction: The Ostroms and the Bloomington School

Introduction: The Ostroms and the Bloomington School paul dragos aligica The collective work of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom has been widely recognized as an important contribution to the revival of the study of political economy and to the development of institutionalist theory in the second half of the 20th century. This contribution has many facets and as such could be approached from many different angles. Yet, irrespective of how one approaches it, it is undeniable that the Bloomington scholars' writings exemplify an exercise in political economy and institutionalism starting from the perspective of applied scholarship. How do people solve social dilemmas? What are the solutions available for collective action problems? How do people manage to govern common pool resources? What are the best ways to organize metropolitan governance? Thus, the Ostroms confront us with a challenge and an opportunity: What happens when the standard view that goes from theory to practice is reversed? The answer, as illustrated by their work, is both intriguing and rewarding: the rediscovery and revival of a traditional perspective and mode of analysis. It is a tradition best characterized by Tocqueville's notion of "a science and art of association" and identified by him as "the mother of action, studied and applied http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Good Society Penn State University Press

Introduction: The Ostroms and the Bloomington School

Aligică, Paul Dragoș.
The Good Society , Volume 20 (1) – Sep 28, 2011
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paul dragos aligica The collective work of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom has been widely recognized as an important contribution to the revival of the study of political economy and to the development of institutionalist theory in the second half of the 20th century. This contribution has many facets and as such could be approached from many different angles. Yet, irrespective of how one approaches it, it is undeniable that the Bloomington scholars' writings exemplify an exercise in political economy and institutionalism starting from the perspective of applied scholarship. How do people solve social dilemmas? What are the solutions available for collective action problems? How do people manage to govern common pool resources? What are the best ways to organize metropolitan governance? Thus, the Ostroms confront us with a challenge and an opportunity: What happens when the standard view that goes from theory to practice is reversed? The answer, as illustrated by their work, is both intriguing and rewarding: the rediscovery and revival of a traditional perspective and mode of analysis. It is a tradition best characterized by Tocqueville's notion of "a science and art of association" and identified by him as "the mother of action, studied and applied

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