Background on the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework

2011/02/01 by Elinor Ostrom, Элинор Остром · 15 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Corruption and Economic Development #Economic Theory and Institutions #Management and Organizational Studies

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1541-0072.2010.00394.x

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Abstract

This article provides an overview of the structure and evolution of the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework and a short introduction to its use by scholars to analyze a diversity of puzzles. It then addresses the relationship of IAD to a more complex framework for the analysis of social‐ecological systems and concludes with a short discussion of future challenges facing IAD scholars.

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