"The interdisciplinary chapters in this volume explore and engage the work of Vincent and Elinor Ostrom, along with the Bloomington School of political economy more generally"--.

• Cover
• Exploring the Political Economy and Social Philosophy of Vincent and Elinor Ostrom
• Series page
• Exploring the Political Economy and Social Philosophy of Vincent and Elinor Ostrom
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Part I: Theory in the Ostroms
  • Chapter 1
  • On the Dynamic Nature of Goods
    • Beyond the Private-Public Dichotomy of Goods
    • Dynamic Nature of Goods
    • Cases of Post-Disaster Shuffling of Good-Typology
    • Toward Institutional Matching and Polycentric Governance
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
    • References
  • Chapter 2
  • The Culture in the Ostroms
    • Culture and the Ostroms: Why Not Culture?
    • Culture as is in the Ostroms: Context, Change, Social Relations, and Experience
    • Ideas, Language (as Culture), and Deeds
    • Common Pool Resources (CPRs), Institutional Analysis and Development, and Context of Cultural Commons
    • Culture, Rationality, and Cultural Theory: A Missed Opportunity?
    • Against the Persistence of Norms and Inheritability of Rationality
    • Culture, Relational Rationality, and Reflexivity
    • A Possible Synergy? Rules, Values, and Relational Rationality
    • Value-Oriented Actions vs. Norm-Oriented Actions
    • Action Situation, Action Orientation, and Relational Rationality
    • Culture, Relational Rationality, and Looking Forward
    • Notes
    • References
  • Chapter 3
  • Social Services as Impure Public Goods
    • Social Services and the Typology of Goods
    • Social Services as Impure Public Goods
    • Common Pool Resources, their Durability, and the Samaritan’s Dilemma
    • Improving Social Policy by Realizing its Common Pool Nature
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
    • References
• Part II: Applications of Polycentricity
  • Chapter 4
  • Polycentric Party Governance
    • The Economic Nature of Partisanship and Political Leadership
    • The Structure of Institutional Arrangements in a Federated Party System
    • Criteria for the Efficient Production of Viable Electoral Competition
    • Producing Political Leadership in US Presidential Elections, 1840–2016
    • Pure Fragmentation and Minimal Overlap: 1840–1920
    • Fragmentation of Authority and Overlapping Jurisdiction: 1920–1996
    • Minimal Fragmentation and Maximizing Overlap: 1996–Present
    • Federalism, Polycentricity, and Party Government in America
    • Notes
    • References
  • Chapter 5
  • Governing the (Banking) Commons
    • The Governance of Bank Runs as Institutional Justifications for Central Banks
    • Polycentric Banking and the Ostroms’ Principles of Polycentricity
    • Interbank Clearinghouses: The Foundations for a Self-Governing Banking System
    • Clearinghouse Governance Functions and Historical Evidence of Banking Self-Governance
    • Concluding Remarks
    • References
  • Chapter 6
  • The Political Economy of the European Union
    • The Literature on European Governance and the Utility of a Polycentric Perspective
    • The Theory of Polycentrism
    • Is the EU a Polycentric System? An Analysis of Institutional Structures and the Division of Political Authority
    • Polycentric Governance “in Action” (I): The Sovereign Debt Crisis and the EU’s Response, 2010–2012
    • Polycentric Governance “in Action” (II): The Refugee Crisis and the EU’s Response 2015–2016
    • Leaving a Polycentric System? Theoretical Considerations and the Practical Case of Brexit 2016–2019
    • Summary and Conclusion
    • Notes
    • References
• Part III: Resolving Collective Action Problems
  • Chapter 7
  • The Inmate’s Dilemma
    • Collective Action and the Inmate’s Dilemma
    • Collective Action and the Totality of Prisons
    • The Games Prisoners Play
    • Case Study: The Short Corridor Collective
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
    • References
  • Chapter 8
  • The Cantinas Network of Terra do Meio
    • Review of the IAD Framework
    • The Overall Context of Terra do Meio and the Cantinas
    • How Cantinas Have Emerged
    • Analyzing Cantinas as an Action Arena
    • Patterns of Interaction: The Logistics of Transportation and Network Coordination
    • Outcomes and Evaluation Criteria
    • Conclusion
    • Note
    • References
  • Chapter 9
  • Community, State, and Market
    • Redevelopment of Urban Villages: Community Governance between Market and State
    • Social Capital in Transitional Authoritarian Regimes
    • Bonding Social Capital in Transitional Authoritarian Regimes
    • Bridging Social Capital in Transitional Authoritarian Regimes
    • Linking Social Capital in Transitional Authoritarian Regimes
    • Political Attention Reinforcing Bonding and Bridging Social Capital
    • Governmental Tolerance as By-Product of Bonding and Bridging Social Capital
    • Supplementary but Insufficient Cooperation-Enhancing Policies and the Market Mechanism
    • Liede: Cooperation-Enhancing Policy and Political Trust
    • Xiancun: The State’s Failure to Rescue a Trust-Collapsing Community
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
    • References
  • Chapter 10
  • Under Emergency Management
    • Concepts from Ostromian Political Economy
    • The Importance of Community and Citizen Responses to the Crisis
    • Bonding and Bridging Social Capital: External Partnerships and Making Scientists Out of Citizens
    • Summary and Conclusion
    • References
  • Chapter 11
  • The Expressive Commons
    • Public Good or Common Pool Resource?
    • Freedom of Expression as a Public Good
    • Normative Implications
    • Formal Institutions: Markets and States
    • Fairness as Generality
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
    • References
  • Chapter 12
  • Are American Immigrant Processing Institutions Surviving or Thriving?
    • The Ostroms on Institutional Robustness
    • The United States’ Immigration Framework as a Nonrobust, Enduring Institution
    • Collective Action Responses to Institutional Shortcomings
    • Why A Polycentric System Has Not Been Formally Adopted
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
    • References
  • Index
  • About the Contributors