There is also a popular adherent of her view that has taken up the issue of property in general in relation to the "gridlock economy." Michael Heller is his name and he basically tries to use Ostrom to point out the problems' with an economy based solely on individual property. The book kowtows more to the neo-liberal paradigm, but his articles are quite interesting and open-minded. Much of his experience is in looking at the transition economy of Russia and the need for an undiscussed cultural depth to the concern for property--i.e. it works because there is a culture of property not because the institutions are correctly aligned as a public policy concern. He also draws a lot on the work of Carol Rose, who is a legal scholar and points to the variety of ways people use and have used property in relation to the commons. Rose is working in the Ostrom vein, but more from the perspective of New Left historians like E. P. Thompson. She draws on his work quite a bit even if it isn't in as radically.
s On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:29, Max B. Sawicky <[email protected]> wrote: > I heard her speak once in the 80s, in a small meeting at the > Advisory Commission for Intergovernmental Relations (my old > Federalism gig). > > She said her views aligned with the New Left, by which I think > she must have meant the early decentralist vintage. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Devine > Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 10:35 AM > To: Pen-l > Subject: [Pen-l] Re: Ostrom [was: Two Win Nobel Prize in Economics for > Studies of Economic Governance] > > I read one of Ostrom's books, about the management of common property > resources (such as fisheries). It was pretty good: it rejected the > dichotomy between two extreme ways to avoid over-fishing: at the one > extreme, there is the statist approach, where the central authority > dictates the solution. On the other extreme, in the "free market" > approach, the state assigns property rights in fish (and makes them > salable). Her alternative is more like industry self-regulation: > management of the fishery is done by the collective of the fishing > companies (though it's likely sanctioned by the state). Once more, in > jargon: instead of the state or individuals being the prime mover in > managing the common-property resource, its "civil society," the > network of individuals. > > It's remarkable that the Nobelites took so long to give the prize to a > woman. Is it because the committee is filled with "old boys"? > > NYTimes.com News Alert:> >> Two Win Nobel Prize in Economics for Studies of Economic Governance >> >> The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science was awarded on >> Monday to two Americans for their work in economic >> governance. >> >> The awarded was split between Elinor Ostrom of Indiana >> University "for her analysis of economic governance, >> especially the commons" and Oliver E. Williamson of the >> University of California, Berkeley "for his analysis of >> economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm." >> >> Read More: >> http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na > -- > Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own > way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
