The Quest to Understand Human Affairs
- ISBN-10
- 0739126091
- ISBN-13
- 9780739126097
- Category
- Conservation of natural resources
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Author
- Vincent Ostrom
Description
"Well-intentioned policies can destroy the very resource they are designed to protect when they are inappropriate in scale or context. Like Madison and Tocqueville before him. Vincent Ostrom's writings emerge from a dialogue between practice and reflection, resulting in a bottom-up, polycentric approach to institutional design that avoids the failures of top-down hierarchical models. Each essay is absorbing; through this collection. with thoughtful editorial introductions, Vincent Ostrom's teachings illuminate and inspire."--Jenna Bednar, University of Michigan.
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