Working together : collective action, the commons, and multiple methods in practice /

Working together : collective action, the commons, and multiple methods in practice /

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Author / Creator:Poteete, Amy R., 1968- author.
Imprint:Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 346 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Commons -- Management -- Methodology.
Global commons -- Management -- Methodology.
Natural resources, Communal -- Management -- Methodology.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11192666
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Other authors / contributors:Janssen, Marco, 1969- author.
Ostrom, Elinor, author.
ISBN:9781400835157
1400835151
9780691146034
0691146039
9780691146041
0691146047
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:"Advances in the social sciences have emerged through a variety of research methods: field-based research, laboratory and field experiments, and agent-based models. However, which research method or approach is best suited to a particular inquiry is frequently debated and discussed. Working Together examines how different methods have promoted various theoretical developments related to collective action and the commons, and demonstrates the importance of cross-fertilization involving multimethod research across traditional boundaries. The authors look at why cross-fertilization is difficult to achieve, and they show ways to overcome these challenges through collaboration. The authors provide numerous examples of collaborative, multimethod research related to collective action and the commons. They examine the pros and cons of case studies, meta-analyses, large-N field research, experiments and modeling, and empirically grounded agent-based models, and they consider how these methods contribute to research on collective action for the management of natural resources. Using their findings, the authors outline a revised theory of collective action that includes three elements: individual decision making, microsituational conditions, and features of the broader social-ecological context. Acknowledging the academic incentives that influence and constrain how research is conducted, Working Together reworks the theory of collective action and offers practical solutions for researchers and students across a spectrum of disciplines."--Publisher's website
Other form:Print version: Poteete, Amy R., 1968- Working together. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010 9780691146034
Table of Contents:
  • Part One: Introduction. Overcoming Methodological Challenges.
  • Part Two: Field Methods. Small-N Case Studies: Putting the Commons under a Magnifying Glass ; Broadly Comparative Field-Based Research ; Meta-Analysis: Getting the Big Picture through Synthesis ; Collaborative Field Studies.
  • Part Three: Models and Experiments in the Laboratory and the Field. Experiments in the Laboratory and the Field ; Agent-Based Models of Collective Action ; Building Empirically Grounded Agent-Based Models.
  • Part Four: Synthesis. Pushing the Frontiers of the Theory of Collective Action and the Commons.

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