Comment comprendre les « communs » : Elinor Ostrom, la propriété et la nouvelle économie institutionnelle

The purpose of this paper is to examine the institutional theory of Elinor Ostrom, in its relations to the “new institutional economics”, and more particularly the analyzes which, following the Coase paper on social costs, gives a special place to the question of ownership. This will allow us to hig...

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Main Author: Olivier Weinstein
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Language:English
Published: Association Recherche & Régulation 2014-02-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/10452
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description The purpose of this paper is to examine the institutional theory of Elinor Ostrom, in its relations to the “new institutional economics”, and more particularly the analyzes which, following the Coase paper on social costs, gives a special place to the question of ownership. This will allow us to highlight key aspects of the theorization of Elinor Ostrom, and the issues they raise. We proceed in three steps. We first evoke the main theoretical references that are the basis of her analysis of Common Pool Resources, and mark some of her theoretical orientations. We then goes on to explore the key features of Elinor Ostrom’s institutionalism, confronted with the new institutionalism. To do this, we first consider her original and important analysis of rules and norms, and its conception of economic behavior, then we explore her theory of property rights and of the conditions of selection of forms of property and institutions, with the prospect of a confrontation with the idea of a “generalized Coase theorem”. This leads us, finally, to questioning Elinor Ostrom’s views on institutions and the commons, and possible ways to go beyond these conceptions.
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spelling doaj-art-6644610fe2d34872ae85a2bb49ed3e3f2025-01-30T14:26:30ZengAssociation Recherche & RégulationRevue de la Régulation1957-77962014-02-011410.4000/regulation.10452Comment comprendre les « communs » : Elinor Ostrom, la propriété et la nouvelle économie institutionnelleOlivier WeinsteinThe purpose of this paper is to examine the institutional theory of Elinor Ostrom, in its relations to the “new institutional economics”, and more particularly the analyzes which, following the Coase paper on social costs, gives a special place to the question of ownership. This will allow us to highlight key aspects of the theorization of Elinor Ostrom, and the issues they raise. We proceed in three steps. We first evoke the main theoretical references that are the basis of her analysis of Common Pool Resources, and mark some of her theoretical orientations. We then goes on to explore the key features of Elinor Ostrom’s institutionalism, confronted with the new institutionalism. To do this, we first consider her original and important analysis of rules and norms, and its conception of economic behavior, then we explore her theory of property rights and of the conditions of selection of forms of property and institutions, with the prospect of a confrontation with the idea of a “generalized Coase theorem”. This leads us, finally, to questioning Elinor Ostrom’s views on institutions and the commons, and possible ways to go beyond these conceptions.https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/10452property rightspolitical economyinstitutionalismcommonsOstrom
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political economy
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commons
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title Comment comprendre les « communs » : Elinor Ostrom, la propriété et la nouvelle économie institutionnelle
title_full Comment comprendre les « communs » : Elinor Ostrom, la propriété et la nouvelle économie institutionnelle
title_fullStr Comment comprendre les « communs » : Elinor Ostrom, la propriété et la nouvelle économie institutionnelle
title_full_unstemmed Comment comprendre les « communs » : Elinor Ostrom, la propriété et la nouvelle économie institutionnelle
title_short Comment comprendre les « communs » : Elinor Ostrom, la propriété et la nouvelle économie institutionnelle
title_sort comment comprendre les communs elinor ostrom la propriete et la nouvelle economie institutionnelle
topic property rights
political economy
institutionalism
commons
Ostrom
url https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/10452
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