Browsing by Author "Ostrom, E"

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    Beyond the tragedy of the commons
    (Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment, 2009) Basurto, Xavier; Ostrom, E
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    Crafting analytical tools to study institutional change
    (Journal of Institutional Economics, 2011-09-01) Ostrom, E; Basurto, X
    Most powerful analytical tools used in the social sciences are well suited for studying static situations. Static and mechanistic analysis, however, is not adequate to understand the changing world in which we live. In order to adequately address the most pressing social and environmental challenges looming ahead, we need to develop analytical tools for analyzing dynamic situations -particularly institutional change. In this paper, we develop an analytical tool to study institutional change, more specifically, the evolution of rules and norms. We believe that in order for such an analytical tool to be useful to develop a general theory of institutional change, it needs to enable the analyst to concisely record the processes of change in multiple specific settings so that lessons from such settings can eventually be integrated into a more general predictive theory of change. Copyright © The JOIE Foundation 2010.
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    Disturbance, response, and persistence in self-organized forested communities: Analysis of robustness and resilience in five communities in Southern Indiana
    (Ecology and Society, 2010-12-01) Fleischman, FD; Boenning, K; Garcia-Lopez, GA; Mincey, S; Schmitt-Harsh, M; Daedlow, K; Lopez, MC; Basurto, X; Fischer, B; Ostrom, E
    We develop an analytic framework for the analysis of robustness in social-ecological systems (SESs) over time. We argue that social robustness is affected by the disturbances that communities face and the way they respond to them. Using Ostrom's ontological framework for SESs, we classify the major factors influencing the disturbances and responses faced by five Indiana intentional communities over a 15-year time frame. Our empirical results indicate that operational and collective-choice rules, leadership and entrepreneurship, monitoring and sanctioning, economic values, number of users, and norms/social capital are key variables that need to be at the core of future theoretical work on robustness of self-organized systems. © 2010 by the author(s).
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    The social-ecological system framework as a knowledge classificatory system for benthic small-scale fisheries
    (Global Environmental Change, 2013-12-01) Basurto, X; Gelcich, S; Ostrom, E
    Ostrom proposed the underpinnings of a framework for the systematic study of the governance of complex social-ecological systems. Here we hypothesize that Ostrom's social-ecological system framework can be useful to build a classification system for small-scale benthic fisheries, regarding their governance processes and outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to knowledge accumulation of benthic fisheries. To tailor the framework, we relied on discussions among experts and a systematic literature review of benthic fisheries from 1980 to 2010. This literature review helped us refine variable definitions and provide readers with illustrative reference papers. We then illustrate the approach and its potential contributions through two studies of the emergence of self-organization in Mexico and Chile. We highlight synthetic lessons from the cases and the overall approach as well as reflect on remaining challenges to the development of a social-ecological system framework as a diagnostic tool for knowledge accumulation and synthesis. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
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    The social-ecological system framework as a knowledge classificatory system for benthic small-scale fisheries
    (Global Environmental Change, 2013-12-01) Basurto, X; Gelcich, S; Ostrom, E
    Ostrom proposed the underpinnings of a framework for the systematic study of the governance of complex social-ecological systems. Here we hypothesize that Ostrom's social-ecological system framework can be useful to build a classification system for small-scale benthic fisheries, regarding their governance processes and outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to knowledge accumulation of benthic fisheries. To tailor the framework, we relied on discussions among experts and a systematic literature review of benthic fisheries from 1980 to 2010. This literature review helped us refine variable definitions and provide readers with illustrative reference papers. We then illustrate the approach and its potential contributions through two studies of the emergence of self-organization in Mexico and Chile. We highlight synthetic lessons from the cases and the overall approach as well as reflect on remaining challenges to the development of a social-ecological system framework as a diagnostic tool for knowledge accumulation and synthesis. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.