Elinor Ostrom (b. 1933)

Elinor Ostrom, US citizen. Born in 1933 in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Ph.D. in Political Science in 1965 from the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science and Professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, both at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA. www.cogs.indiana.edu/people/homepages/ostrom.html

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Main Published Works

(1990), 'Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action'. New York: Cambridge University Press.

(1992), 'Crafting Institutions for Self-Gover ning Irrigation Systems'. San Francisco: Institute for Contemporary Studies.

(1993), 'Institutional Incentives and Sustainable Development: Infrastructure Policies in Perspective'.  (with Ostrom, E., Schroeder, L. & Wynne, S.), Boulder CO: Westview Press.

(1994), 'Rules, Games, and Common-Pool Resources' (with Walker, J. & Gardner, R. ). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.