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01-12-2014 | Book Review

Filippo Sabetti and Paul Dragos Aligica (eds.), Choice, rules and collective action: the Ostroms on the study of institutions and governance

ECPR Press, Colchester, UK, 2014, xxvi + 284 pp. USD 44.00 (paper)

Author: Liya Palagashvili

Published in: Public Choice | Issue 3-4/2014

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In Choice, Rules, and Collective Action, Filippo Sabetti and Paul Dragos Aligica move beyond the better-known empirical work of the Ostroms, and instead present the theoretical lenses employed by both Vincent and Elinor throughout their careers. The book explores their life-long research program which critically engaged and questioned many of the mainstream assumptions in economics and political science. Readers of this journal will be particularly interested in this book as it investigates the Ostroms’ early connection to public choice, and how this connection shaped their own unique approach and research agenda. This book does not discuss many of the empirical findings or conclusions found in Ostroms’ work, but it highlights the distinctive method of inquiry of the Bloomington School. …

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Title: Filippo Sabetti and Paul Dragos Aligica (eds.), Choice, rules and collective action: the Ostroms on the study of institutions and governance
ECPR Press, Colchester, UK, 2014, xxvi + 284 pp. USD 44.00 (paper)
Author: Liya Palagashvili
Publication date: 01-12-2014
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Public Choice / Issue 3-4/2014
Print ISSN: 0048-5829
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7101
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-014-0197-8

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