Ebook: Understanding Institutional Diversity

The analysis of how institutions are formed, how they operate and change, and how they influence behavior in society has become a major subject of inquiry in politics, sociology, and economics. A leader in applying game theory to the understanding of institutional analysis, Elinor Ostrom provides in this book a coherent method for undertaking the analysis of diverse economic, political, and social institutions. Understanding Institutional Diversity explains the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework, which enables a scholar to choose the most relevant level of interaction for a. Read more... Preliminaries; Contents; Understanding the Diversity of Structured Human Interactions; Zooming In and Linking Action Situations; Studying Action Situations in the Lab; Animating Institutional Analysis; A Grammar of Institutions, Sue Crawford and Elinor Ostrom; Why Classify Generic Rules?; Classifying Rules, Elinor Ostrom and Sue Crawford; Using Rules as Tools to Cope with the Commons; Robust Resource Governance in Polycentric Institutions; Notes; References; Index