Why do we need to protect institutional diversity

European Political Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 128-147

  Ostrom, Elinor ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

common pool resources; community property; government property; institutional analysis; private property; rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856886056     PISSN: 16804333     EISSN: 16820983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/eps.2011.37     Document Type: Article

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