Explaining success and failure in the commons: The configural nature of Ostrom’s institutional design principles

International Journal of the Commons

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 417-439

  Baggio, Jacopo A ^a,b   Barnett, Allain J ^c   Perez Ibara, Irene ^b   Brady, Ute ^b   Ratajczyk, Elicia ^b   Rollins, Nathan ^b   Rubiños, Cathy ^b   Shin, Hoon C ^b   Yu, David J ^b,d   Aggarwal, Rimjhim ^b   Anderies, John M ^b   Janssen, Marco A ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common pool resources; Comparative case study analysis; Coupled infrastructure system; Fishery; Forestry; Governance; Irrigation; Ostrom design principles; QCA; Resource mobility; Social ecological system; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053361291     PISSN: 18750281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18352/ijc.634     Document Type: Article

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