Research Catalog

Title

Governing complexity : analyzing and applying polycentricity / edited by Andreas Thiel, University of Kassel, William A. Blomquist, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Dustin E. Garrick, University of Oxford.

Publication

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Thiel, Andreas
• Garrick, Dustin
• Blomquist, William A. (William Andrew), 1957-

Description

xviii, 295 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"There has been a rapid expansion of academic interest and publications on polycentricity. In the contemporary world, nearly all governance situations are polycentric, but people are not necessarily used to thinking this way. Governing Complexity provides an updated explanation of the concept of polycentric governance. The editors provide examples of it in contemporary settings involving complex natural resource systems, as well as a critical evaluation of the utility of the concept. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, this book makes the case that polycentric governance arrangements exist and it is possible for polycentric arrangements to perform well, persist for long periods, and adapt. Whether they actually function well, persist, or adapt depends on multiple factors that are reviewed and discussed, both theoretically and with examples from actual cases."--

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in economics, choice, and society

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in economics, choice, and society.

Subject

• Social structure
• Pluralism
• Complexity (Philosophy)
• Organization
• Polyzentrismus
• Komplexität
• Sozialstruktur

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

An introduction to polycentricity and governance / Mark Stephan, Graham Marshall, Michael McGinnis -- Seeing polycentrically : examining governance situations using a polycentricity lens / William A. Blomquist and Nadine Jenny Shirin Schroeder -- Foundational aspects of polycentric governance : overarching rules, social-problem characteristics and heterogeneity / Andreas Thiel and Christine Moser-Priewich -- Evolutionary institutional change and performance in polycentric governance / Andreas Thiel, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Elizabeth Baldwin -- Cooperation in polycentric governance systems / Tom Koontz -- Conflict and conflict resolution in polycentric governance systems / Tanya Heikkila -- Competition in polycentric governance systems / Dustin E. Garrick, Sergio Villamayor-Tomas -- Assessing performance in polycentric governance system interactions / Tom Koontz, Tanya Heikkila, Dustin E. Garrick, and Sergio Villamayor-Tomas -- Polycentricity and citizenship in environmental governance / Graham Marshall and Anas Malik -- The Faustian bargain : power-sharing, constitutions, and the practice of polycentricity in governance / Vlad Tarko, Edella Schlager, Mark Lutter -- Practicing polycentric governance / Bryan Bruns.

Call Number

JFE 20-221

ISBN

• 9781108419987
• 1108419984
• 9781108411011
• 1108411010

LCCN

2019011354

OCLC

1100448209

Title

Governing complexity : analyzing and applying polycentricity / edited by Andreas Thiel, University of Kassel, William A. Blomquist, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Dustin E. Garrick, University of Oxford.

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cambridge studies in economics, choice, and society

Cambridge studies in economics, choice, and society.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Thiel, Andreas, editor.

Garrick, Dustin, editor.

Blomquist, William A. (William Andrew), 1957- editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 20-221