Vincent Ostrom's Publications

Decades publications by Vincent Ostrom

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Agger, R.E. & V. Ostrom. 1956. “The Political Structure of a Small Community.” Public Opinion Quarterly 20:81-89.

Bish, R.L. & V. Ostrom. 1976. “Understanding Urban Government: Metropolitan Reform Reconsidered.” In The Urban Economy. H.M. Hochman, ed. New York: W.W. Norton.

Bish, R.L. & V. Ostrom. 1973. Understanding Urban Government; Metropolitan Reform Reconsidered. Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.

Hennessey, T. & V. Ostrom. 1973. “A Proposal for a Seminar on the Theoretical Foundations of Institutional Analysis and Design.” (Working Paper)

Herzberg, R. & V. Ostrom. 2000. “Votes and Vetoes.” In Polycentric Games and Institutions: Readings from the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. M.D. McGinnis, ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Herzberg, R. & V. Ostrom. 1991. “Votes and Vetoes.” In Guidance, Control, and Evaluation in the Public Sector. F.X. Kaufmann, G. Majone, & V. Ostrom, eds. New York: Walter de Gruyter.

Kaufmann, F.X., G. Majone, & V. Ostrom. 1986. “Experience, Theory and Design.” In Guidance, Control, and Evaluation in the Public Sector. F.X. Kaufmann, G. Majone, & V. Ostrom, eds. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.

McCluggage, C. & V. Ostrom. 1972. “The Theory of Constitutional Choice: Problematic Considerations in the Design of Human Institutions.” (Working Paper)

McGinnis, M.D. & V. Ostrom. 1999. “Democratic Transformations: From the Struggle for Democracy to Self-Governance?” Workshop on the Workshop 2, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, June 1999.

Ostrom, E. & V. Ostrom. 2011. “The Institutional Perspective on Values and Virtues.” In Value and Virtue in Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective. M. de Vries & P.S. Kim, eds. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Ostrom, E. & V. Ostrom. 2004. “The Quest for Meaning in Public Choice.” American Journal of Economics and Sociology 63(1):105-147. http://hdl.handle.net/10535/7957

Ostrom, E. & V. Ostrom. 2004. “The Quest for Meaning in Public Choice.” In The Production and Diffusion of Public Choice Political Economy: Reflections on the VPI Center. J.C. Pitt et al., eds. Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Ostrom, E. & V. Ostrom 1986. “Analytical Tools for Institutional Design.” In Institutional Development: Improving Management in Developing Countries: Reports on a Seminar Series. Washington, DC: American Consortium for International Public Administration.

Ostrom, E. & V. Ostrom. 1977. “Public Economy Organization and Service Delivery.” Financing the Regional City Project meeting of the Metropolitan Fund, University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI, October 1977. http://hdl.handle.net/10535/732

Ostrom, E. & V. Ostrom. 1973. “Minigovernments: A Study of the Organization and Operation of Small Scale Governments within the Public Economy of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Area; A Research Proposal.” (Working Paper) Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, E. & V. Ostrom. 1971. “A Theory for Institutional Analysis of Common Pool Problems.” In Managing the Commons. G. Hardin and J. Baden, eds. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman.

Ostrom, E., V. Ostrom, P.D. Aligica, & F. Sabetti. 2014. Choice, Rules and Collective Action: The Ostroms on the Study of Institutions and Governance. Colchester, England: ECPR Press.

Ostrom, E., V. Ostrom, M. McGinnis, & J. Williams. 1996. “A Course of Study in Institutional Analysis 1996-97.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 2011. The Quest to Understand Human Affairs: Essays on Collective, Constitutional, and Epistemic Choice. B. Allen, ed. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. (Vol. 1&2).

Ostrom, V. 2009. “Beyond Public Choice.” In The Practice of Constitutional Development: Vincent Ostrom’s Quest to Understand Human Affairs. F. Sabetti et al., eds. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Ostrom, V. 2009. “Citizen-Sovereigns: The Implications of Hamilton’s Query and Tocqueville’s Conjecture about the Democratic Revolution.” In Conversations with Tocqueville: The Global Democratic Revolution in the Twenty-First Century. A. Craiutu & S. Gellar, eds. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Ostrom, V. 2009. “Why Were There So Many Governance Failures in the Twentieth Century?” In Community Governance from Multicultural Perspectives: Theory and Practice. Y. Chen, ed. Beijing: Peking University Press.

Ostrom, V. 2008. The Political Theory of a Compound Republic: Designing the American Experiment. New York: Lexington.

Ostrom, V. 2007. The Intellectual Crisis in American Public Administration. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press.

Ostrom, V. 2007. “Some Developments in the Study of Market Choice, Public Choice, and Institutional Choice.” In Handbook of Public Administration. J. Rabin et al., eds. New York: CRC Press.

Ostrom, V. 2006. “Citizen-Sovereigns: The Source of Contestability, the Rule of Law, and the Conduct of Public Entrepreneurship: The 2005 John Gaus Award Lecture.” Political Science & Politics 39(1):13-17.

Ostrom, V. 2006. “Self-Government and Federalism.” In Federalism in America: An Encyclopedia, vol. 2. J. Marbach et al., eds. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Ostrom, V. 2003. “Artisanship and Artifact.” In Foundations of Social Capital. E. Ostrom and T. K. Ahn, eds. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

Ostrom, V. 2003. “What is Federalism? A Search for Meaning.” (Working Paper) Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 2002. “Transformaciones Revolucionarias.” Política y Gobierno 11(1):225-245.

Ostrom, V. 2001. “Challenge of Modernity: Seeing Like Citizens.” The Good Society: A PEGS Journal 10(2):40-41.

Ostrom, V. 2000. “Revolutionary Transformations.” Zbornik PFZ 50(4):555-570.

Ostrom, V. 1999. “Artisanship and Artifact.” In Polycentric Governance and Development: Readings from the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. M.D. McGinnis, ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Ostrom, V. 1999. “Cryptoimperialism, Predatory States, and Self-Governance.” In Polycentric Governance and Development: Readings from the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. M.D. McGinnis, ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Ostrom, V. 1999. “A Forgotten Tradition: The Constitutional Level of Analysis.” In Polycentric Governance and Development: Readings from the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. M.D. McGinnis, ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Ostrom, V. 1999. “Polycentricity (Part 1&2).” In Polycentricity and Local Public Economies: Readings from the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. M.D. McGinnis, ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Ostrom, V. 1999. “Problems of Cognition as a Challenge to Policy Analysts and Democratic Societies.” InPolycentric Governance and Development: Readings from the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. M.D. McGinnis, ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Ostrom, V. 1999. “Taking Constitutions Seriously: Buchanan’s Challenge to Twentieth-Century Political Science.” In Competition and Cooperation: Conversations with Nobelists about Economics and Political Science. J.E. Alt et al., eds. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

Ostrom, V. 1999. “Water and Politics California Style.” In Polycentric Governance and Development: Readings from the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. M.D. McGinnis, ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Ostrom, V. 1998. “The Great Transformation.” The Good Society: A PEGS Journal 8(2):25-28.

Ostrom, V. 1998. “El Reto al Que se Enfrenta la Revolución Mexicana en su Tercer Siglo.” In Federalismo: De la Teoría a la Práctica. Mexico City: Instituto Cultural Ludwig Von Mises.

Ostrom, V. 1998. “Some Developments in the Study of Market Choice, Public Choice, and Institutional Choice.” In Handbook of Public Administration. J. Rabin et al., eds. New York: Marcel Dekker.

Ostrom, V. 1998. “Taking Constitutions Seriously: Buchanan’s Challenge to Twentieth-Century Political Science.” (Working Paper) Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1997. “Buchanan’s Opening to Constitutional Choice and Meta Levels of Analysis.” Presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC.

Ostrom, V. 1997. “The Challenge Facing the Mexican Revolution in Its Third Century.” Presented at the Colloquium ‘Federalism: From Theory to Practice,’ Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico.

Ostrom, V. 1997. “El Federalismo en la Vida Cotidiana.” In Teoria y Praxis del Federalismo Contemporaneo. San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, Mexico: Universitad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo.

Ostrom, V. 1997. “The Inevitability of Democracy.” (Working Paper) Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1997. The Meaning of Democracy and the Vulnerability of Democracies: A Response to Tocqueville’s Challenge. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Ostrom, V. 1996. “The Challenge of the Quest for Excellence.” International Journal of Public Administration 19(2):125-149.

Ostrom, V. 1996. “Faustian Bargains.” Constitutional Political Economy 7:303-308.

Ostrom, V. 1996. “Federalism in the Affairs of Everyday life.” (Working Paper)

Ostrom, V. 1996. “Some Conjectures about the Shape of the Political Science to Come.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco.

Ostrom, V. 1995. “The Constitutive Character of Norms in Human Societies.” Hong Kong Public Administration 4(2):161-79.

Ostrom, V. 1995. “The Vulnerability of Democracies; A Challenge for Contemporary Civilizations.” (Working Paper) Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1995. “Where to Begin?” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 25(2):45-60.

Ostrom, V. 1994. “Comparing African and European Experiences: The Place of Literate Vernacular Languages in Cultural Development.” Presented at the Workshop on the Workshop, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Bloomington, IN, June 1994.

Ostrom, V. 1994. “Report on Clarifying the Meaning of Article VIII: Natural Resources; As Adopted by the Alaska Constitutional Convention in 1956, With Addenda.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1993. “Comments on Session II: Papers by Orebech, and Lane & Jensen.” In Common Property Regimes: Law and Management of Non-Private Resources; Proceedings of the Conference, Vol. II. E. Berge & D. Ott, eds. Ås, Norway: The Agricultural University of Norway.

Ostrom, V. 1993. “Epistemic Choice and Public Choice.” Public Choice 77(1):163-76.

Ostrom, V. 1993. “Great Experiments and the Welfare State: Basic Paradigmatic Challenges.” Presented at the International Political Science Asociation Workshop on “What Developing Societkes Can Learn from the Welfare States,” University of Dehli, India.

Ostrom, V. 1993. “The Human Condition (Preliminary Draft).” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1993. “Journey among Conjectures; About Constituting Order in Human Societies (preliminary draft).” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1993. “The Meaning of Democracy as a System of Governance.” Presented at a Conference on Basic Issues in the Analysis of Governance Systems, Falls Church, VA.

Ostrom, V. 1993. “The Place of Knowledge in Order and History (Preliminary Draft).” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1993. “The Place of Languages in the Political Economy of Life in Human Societies.” (Working Paper) Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1993. “The Problem of Newspeak and Doublethink (Preliminary Draft).” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, Vt. 1993. “Reading Democracy in America.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1992. “Comment on the Political Economy Approach.” In Universal Economics: Assessing the Achievements. G. Radnitzky, ed. New York: Paragon House.

Ostrom, V. 1992. “Democracy and Self-Governance.” Workshop in Poltical Theory & Policy Analysis, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1992. “Democracy, Governance and Development.” In Workshop on Democracy and Governance: Proceedings. Burlington, VT: Associates in Rural Development.

Ostrom, V. 1992. “The Human Condition IV: Language and the Constitution of Knowledge in the Political and Policy Sciences.” Workshop in Political Theory & Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1992. “Institution of Languages, Systems of Knowledge, and Ways of Life: Conjectures about the African and European Experiences.” Presented at a Seminar on “Institutional Economics and Agriculture”, Montpellier, France.

Ostrom, V. 1992. “The Problem of Newspeak.” (Working Paper) Workshop in Political Theory & Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1991. “A Conceptual-Computational Logic for Federal Systems of Governance.” In Constitutional Design and Power-Sharing in the Post-Modern Epoch. D.J. Daniel, ed. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

Ostrom, V. 1991. “Constitutional Considerations with Particular Reference to Federal Systems.” In The Public Sector--Challenge for Coordination and Learning. F.X. Kaufmann, ed. New York: Walter de Gruyter.

Ostrom, V. 1991. “Governance and Democracy.” Presented at the University of Twente conference entitled “Between Government and Society,” Enschede, The Netherlands.

Ostrom, V. 1991. The Meaning of American Federalism: Constituting a Self-Governing Society. San Francisco: Institute for Contemporary Studies.

Ostrom, V. 1991. “PEGS and the Workshop.” Newsletter PEGS: Committee on the Political Economy of the Good Society.

Ostrom, V. 1991. “Some Ontological and Epistemological Puzzles in Policy Analysis.” Presented at a American Political Science Association meeting, Washington, DC.

Ostrom, V. 1991. “Some Puzzles in Using Knowledge to Inform Choices About Public Affairs.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1991. “The Transformation of Institutions: Some Critical Reflections.” Presented at the International Political Science Association Meeting, Buenos Aires.

Ostrom, V. 1990. “American Constitutionalism and Self-Governance.” In European and American Constitutionalism in the Eighteenth Century. M. Rozbicki, ed. Vienna: U.S. Regional Program Office.

Ostrom, V. 1990. “Beyond Public Choice.” (Working Paper)

Ostrom, V. 1990. “Courts and Collectivities.” Bringham Young Law Review 1990(3):857-872.

Ostrom, V. 1990. “An Inquiry Concerning Liberty and Equality in the American Constitutional System.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 20(2):33-52.

Ostrom, V. 1990. “The Problem of Sovereignty in Human Affairs.” In The Failure of the Centralized State: Institutions and Self-Governance in Africa. J.S. Wunsch and D. Olowu, eds. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Ostrom, V. 1990. “Problems of Cognition as a Challenge to Policy Analysts and Democratic Societies.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 2(3):243-262.

Ostrom, V. 1990. “Public Administration and Bureaucracy.” (Working Paper).

Ostrom, V. 1990. “Religion and the Constitution of the American Political System.” Emory Law Journal 39(1):165-190.

Ostrom, V. 1989. American Federalism: A Great Experiment (manuscript draft). Bloomington, IN: Workshop in Political Theory & Policy Analysis.

Ostrom, V. 1989. “Dewey and Federalism: So Near and Yet So Far.” In Federalism as Grand Design. D.J. Elazar, ed. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

Ostrom, V. 1989. “Executive Leadership, Authority Relationships, and Public Enterprenuership.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1989. The Intellectual Crisis in American Public Administration. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press.

Ostrom, V. 1989. Politicka Teorija Slozene Republike (translation of The Political Theory of a Compound Republic; University of Nebraska Press, 1987). Zagreb: Informator.

Ostrom, V. 1989. “Some Developments in the Study of Market Choice, Public Choice, and Institutional Choice.” In Handbook of Public Administration. J. Rabin et al., eds. New York: Marcel Dekker.

Ostrom, V. 1988. “Cryptoimperialism, Predatory States, and Self-Governance.” In Rethinking Institutional Analysis and Development: Issues, Alternatives, and Choices. V. Ostrom, D. Feeny, & H. Picht, eds. San Francisco: ICS Press.

Ostrom, V. 1988. “Federalism, Polycentricity, and Res Publica: Some Reflections on the American Experiments in Republican Governement.” Presented at the Conference on Res Publica: East and West, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia.

Ostrom, V. 1988. “The Foundations of Institutional Analysis and Development.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. http://hdl.handle.net/10535/7455

Ostrom, V. 1988. “Hamilton’s Theorem, Coexisting Governments, and Jurisprudential Puzzles.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1988. “Opportunity, Diversity, and Complexity.” In Rethinking Institutional Analysis and Development: Issues, Alternatives, and Choices. V. Ostrom, D. Feeny, & H. Picht, eds. San Francisco: ICS Press.

Ostrom, V. 1988. “Some Critical Reflections on the Political Economy Approach: Comments on Peter Ordeshook’s ‘The Reintegration of Political Science and Economics and the Presumed Imperialism of Economic Theory’.” (Working Paper)

Ostrom, V. 1987. “American Experience in Metropolitan Governance.” Presented at the Fourth International Conference on Urban Government, Milan, Italy.

Ostrom, V. 1987. “Buchanan and the Constitutional Bases of Political Decision Making.” PS 20(2):242-246.

Ostrom, V. 1987. “The Challenge of Federalism.” (Working Paper)

Ostrom, V. 1987. “Cryptoimperialism, Socialism and Self-Government.” Quarterly Journal of Administration 21(1/2):4-25.

Ostrom, V. 1987. “Garcia, Constitutional Rule, and the Central-Government Trap.” Presented at Federalism and the Constitution: A Symposium on Garcia.

Ostrom, V. 1987. “Guidance, Control, and Performance in the Public Sector.” Presented at the Workshop on Improving Performance in Nigeria’s Public Sector, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Ostrom, V. 1987. “An Inquiry Concerning Liberty and Equality in the American Constitutional System.” Presented at the conference on “Liberty and the American Constitution”, Philadelphia.

Ostrom, V. 1987. “Istituzioni come Tecnologie Sociali.” Queste Istituzioni 15(72-73):55-61.

Ostrom, V. 1987. The Political Theory of a Compound Republic: Designing the American Experiment. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.

Ostrom, V. 1986. “Appendix 2: Nonsymmetries in Making Interpersonal Comparisons.” In Guidance, Control, and Evaluation in the Public Sector: The Bielefeld Interdisciplinary Project. F.X. Kaufmann, G. Majone, & V. Ostrom, eds. New York: Walter de Gruyter.

Ostrom, V. 1986. “The Concept of State and Its Place in Human Development.” (Working Paper)

Ostrom, V. 1986. “Constitutional Considerations with Particular Reference to Federal Systems.” In Guidance, Control and Evaluation in the Public Sector. F.X. Kaufmann, G. Majone, & V. Ostrom, eds. New York: Walter de Gruyter.

Ostrom, V. 1986. “Constitutional Foundations for a Theory of System Comparisons: An Inquiry into Problems of Incommensurability, Emergent Properties, and Development.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. http://hdl.handle.net/10535/3698

Ostrom, V. 1986. “The Constitutional Level of Analysis: A Challenge.” (Working Paper) http://hdl.handle.net/10535/4203

Ostrom, V. 1986. “Culture, Liberation Movements, and Human Development.” (Working Paper) http://hdl.handle.net/10535/3933

Ostrom, Vt. 1986. “A Fallabilist’s Approach to Norms and Criteria of Choice.” In Guidance, Control, and Evaluation in the Public Sector. F.X. Kaufmann, G. Majone, & V. Ostrom, eds. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.

Ostrom, V. 1986. “Fundamental Units of Collective Action: Memo to Colleagues.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1986. “Getting the Prices Right.” (Working Paper)

Ostrom, V. 1986. “Some Developments in the Study of Market Choice, Public Choice, and Institutional Choice (Draft).” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1985. “Conceptualizing the Nature and Magnitude of the Task in Institutional Analysis and Development.” In Studies in Institutional Analysis and Development: Papers Prepared by Participants in the Seminar on Patterns of Order and Development in Human Societies. E. Ostrom & V. Ostrom, eds. Bloomington, IN: Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University.

Ostrom, V. 1985. “The Constitution of Order in Human Societies: Conceptualizing the Nature and Magnitude of the Task in Institutional Analysis and Development.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1985. “Constitutional Processes and Federal Structure.” In The American Way: Government and Politics in the United States. L. Robins, ed. London: Longman.

Ostrom, V. 1985. “Cryptoimperialism.” In Studies in Institutional Analysis and Development: Papers Prepared by Participants in the Seminar on Patterns of Order and Development in Human Societies. E. Ostrom & V. Ostrom, eds. Bloomington, IN: Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University.

Ostrom, V. 1985. “Historical Circumstances and Theoretical Structures as Sources of Meaning: A Response.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 15(1):55-64.

Ostrom, V. 1985. “Institutional Analysis and Development: The Nature and Magnitude of the Task.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. (Working Paper)

Ostrom, V. 1985. “The Meaning of Federalism in the Federalist: A Critical Examination.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 15(1):1-22.

Ostrom, V. 1985. “Multiorganizational Arrangements in the Governance of Unitary and Federal Political Systems.” In Policy Implementation in Federal and Unitary States. K. Hanf & T. Toonen, eds. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff.

Ostrom, V. 1985. “Opportunity, Diversity, and Complexity.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. http://hdl.handle.net/10535/3674

Ostrom, V. 1985. “Worker Self-Management in American Society.” Presented at the Inter-University Centre of Post-Graduate Studies, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia.

Ostrom, V. 1984. “Adam Smith und Öffentliche Güter.” In Markt, Staat und Solidartität bei Adam Smith. F.X. Kaufmann & H.G. Krusselberg, eds. Frankfurt: Campus Verlag.

Ostrom, V. 1984. “A Computational-Conceptual Logic for Federal Systems of Governance.” Presented at the Conference on Constitutional Rule and Shared Power, International Association of Centres for the Study of Federalism, Jerusalem.

Ostrom, V. 1984. “The Meaning of Value Terms.” American Behavioral Scientist 28(2):249-262.

Ostrom, V. 1984. “Why Governments Fail: An Inquiry into the Use of Instruments of Evil to do Good.” In The Theory of Public Choice, vol. II. J.M. Buchanan & R.D. Tollison, eds. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Ostrom, V. 1983. “Adam Smith and Public Goods.” Presented at the Adam Smith Colloquium, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld University, Germany.

Ostrom, V. 1983. “Configurations of Relationships in Human Societies.” (Working Paper) Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. http://hdl.handle.net/10535/4061

Ostrom, V. 1983. “Freedom and Organization.” Presented at the 1984 American Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, IL. http://hdl.handle.net/10535/2267

Ostrom, V. 1983. “Nonhierarchical Approaches to the Organization of Public Activity.” In Implementing Governmental Change. C. Gilbert, ed. Beverly Hills: Sage.

Ostrom, V. 1983. “Ordnungstheorie, Public Choice, and the Nature of Order in Human Societies.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1983. “Reflexions on Public Administration in Europe.” In The Development of Research & Training in European Policy-Making. Maastricht, Netherlands: European Institute of Public Administration.

Ostrom, V. 1982. “A Forgotten Tradition: The Constitutional Level of Analysis.” In Missing Elements in Political Inquiry. J.A. Gillespie & D.A. Zinnes, eds. Beverly Hills: Sage.

Ostrom, V. 1982. ”Institutional Analysis, Policy Analysis, and Performance Evaluation.” Presented at the Workshop on the Study of Interorganizational Arrangements in the Public Sector, International Institute of Management, Berlin. http://hdl.handle.net/10535/1793

Ostrom, V. 1982. “New Conceptual Developments and Opportunities for Reform.” In Strategies for Administrative Reform. G.E. Caiden, ed. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.

Ostrom, V. 1982. “The Problem of Deriving Further Criteria of Choice.” (Working Paper)

Ostrom, V. 1982. “Research in European Public Administration.” Presented at a Colloquium on the Development of Research and Training in European Policy Making, the Netherlands.

Ostrom, V. 1982. “The Theory and Practice of Public Administration as a Science of the Artifactual.” In Public Administration: Histoy and Theory in Contemporary Perspective. J.A. Uveges, ed. New York: Marcel Dekker.

Ostrom, V. 1981. “The Normative and Limiting Conditions in a Polycentric Political Order.” Presented at the International Conference on the Analysis of Intergovernmental and Interorganizational Arrangements in Public Administration, Indiana University, Bloomington.

Ostrom, V. 1981. “Some Normative and Limiting Conditions of Institutional Arrangements.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. http://hdl.handle.net/10535/4395

Ostrom, V. 1980. “Artisanship and Artifact.” Public Administration Review 40(4):309-317.

Ostrom, V. 1980. “Hobbes, Covenant, and Constitution.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 10(4):83-100.

Ostrom, V. 1979. “Comments on Golembiewski Vs. Ostrom.” Dialogue 2(1):2-4.

Ostrom, V. 1979. “Constitutional Level of Analysis: Problems and Prospects.” Presented at the Western Political Science Association meeting, Portland, OR. http://hdl.handle.net/10535/1678

Ostrom, V. 1979. “Dewey and Federalism: So Near and Yet So Far.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 9(4):87-101.

Ostrom, V. 1979. “Federal Principles of Organization and Ethnic Communities.” In Federalism and Political Integration. D.J. Elazar, ed. Ramat Gan, Israel: Turtledove Publishing.

Ostrom, V. 1979. “Functional Arrangements as Instruments of Federalism.” In Self Rule/Shared Rule. D.J. Elazar, ed. Ramat Gan, Israel: Turtledove Publishing.

Ostrom, V. 1979. “Leviathan and Democracy.” Presented at the Symposium on ‘The Future is Our Concern,’ Switzerland.

Ostrom, V. 1978. “Language, Reason, and Discourse: A Comment on Thomas Sowell’s ‘Institutional Advantage and State Action Concepts’.” Presented at the Seminar on Some Economic Implications of the ‘State Action’ Concept in Constitutional Law.

Ostrom, V. 1978. “On Examining Fragmentation Without Overlap, Taxes Without Benefits and Aggregations Without Comparability.” (Working Paper)

Ostrom, V. 1978. “The Third Century: Some Anticipated Consequences of Governmental Reorganization.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 8(2):121-132.

Ostrom, V. 1977. “Some Problems in Doing Political Theory: A Response to ‘A Critique of Democratic Administration and its Supporting Ideation,’ by Robert T. Golembiewski.” American Political Science Review 71:1488-1531. http://hdl.handle.net/10535/4197

Ostrom, V. 1977. “Structure and Performance.” In Comparing Urban Service Delivery Systems; Structure and Performance. V. Ostrom & F. Bish, eds. Beverly Hills: Sage.

Ostrom, V. 1977. “The Third Century.” Presented at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Conference on Government Reorganization, Washington, DC.

Ostrom, V. 1977. “The Undisciplinary Discipline of Public Administration: A Response to Stillman’s Critique.” Midwest Review of Public Administration 11(4):304-308.

Ostrom, V. 1977. “What Counties can do to Facilitate Operations of Public Economics.” In Decade for Decisions: 1976-1986. L.K. Ganschinietz, ed. Washington, DC: National Association of Counties.

Ostrom, V. 1976. “The American Contribution to a Theory of Constitutional Choice.” Journal of Politics 38(3):56-78.

Ostrom, V. 1976. “The American Experiment in Constitutional Choice.” Public Choice.

Ostrom, V. 1976. “The Contemporary Debate over Centralization and Decentralization.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 6(4):21-34.

Ostrom, V. 1976. “David Hume as a Political Analyst.” Presented at the Conference on the Scottish Contributions to Social and Political Philsophy, Dahousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Ostrom, V. 1976. “John R. Common’s Foundation for Policy Analysis.” Journal of Economic Issues 10(4):839-857.

Ostrom, V. 1976. “Language, Theory, and Empirical Research in Policy Analysis.” In Problems of Theory in Policy Analysis. P. Gregg, ed. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.

Ostrom, V. 1976. “Some Paradoxes for Planners: Human Knowledge and its Limitations.” In The Politics of Planning. L. Chickering, ed. San Francisco: ICS Press.

Ostrom, V. 1975. “Alternative Approaches to the Organization of Public Proprietary Interests.” Natural Resources Journal 15:765-789.

Ostrom, V. 1975. “Comments on Ricahrd E. Wagner and Warren E. Weber, ‘Competition, Monopoly and the Organization of Government in Metropolitan Areas’.” Presented at the Conference on Economic Analysis of Political Behavior, Cambridge, MA.

Ostrom, V. 1975. “Language, Theory, and Empirical Research in Policy Analysis.” Policy Studies Journal 3(3):274-81.

Ostrom, V. 1975. “Neighborhood Organization and Urban Administration.” In Neighborhood Concepts of Local Government. B. Knight & M. McFarland, ed. Fort Wayne, IN: Government Reorganization Study Advisory Board.

Ostrom, V. 1975. “The Political Architecture of American Federalism: An Inquiry into Federalism as Means to Ends.” In Föderalismus als Partnerschaft; Partnership in Federalism. M. Frenkel, ed. Bern: Peter Lang.

Ostrom, V. 1975. “Political Orders and Public Service Structures.” (Working Paper)

Ostrom, V. 1975. “Public Choice Theory: A New Approach to Institutional Economics.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 58:844-850.

Ostrom, V. 1974. “Human Fallibility, Political Theory, and the Environment.” In Environmental Politics. S.S. Nagel, ed. New York: Praeger.

Ostrom, V. 1974. “Regionalism and Equities in the Distribution of Public Services.” Presented at Conference on Regionalism, Cleveland, OH.

Ostrom, V. 1974. “The Study of Federalism at Work.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 4(4):1-18.

Ostrom, V. 1974. “Watergate and the Constitutional Crisis of the 1970’s.” In The Intellectual Crisis in American Public Administration. University of Alabama Press.

Ostrom, V. 1973. “American Public Administration: Theory and Practice.” (Working Paper)

Ostrom, V. 1973. “Can Federalism Make a Difference?” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 3(2):197-239.

Ostrom, V. 1973. “Community Development and the Mysteries of Politics.” Policy and Politics of Rural Developments.

Ostrom, V. 1973. The Intellectual Crisis in American Public Administration. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press.

Ostrom, V. 1972. “Can Federalism Make a Difference?” Presented at TOWARDS ’76, a conference on Developing Agenda for Revitalizing the American Federal System, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.

Ostrom, V. 1972. “The Design of Public Organization Arrangements.” In Perspective of Property. G. Wunderlich & W.L. Gibson, eds. College Station, PA: Institute for Research on Land and Water Resources.

Ostrom, V. 1972. “Polycentricity.” Presented at 1972 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10535/3763

Ostrom, V. 1972. “Some Problems of Institutional Analysis.” In Institutions for Urban-Metropolitan Water Management: Essays in Social Theory. N. Wengert, ed. Fort Collins, CO: Colorado State University.

Ostrom, V. 1972. “Theory of Public Policy.” Policy Studies Journal 1(2):64-66.

Ostrom, V. 1972. “Theory of Public Policy.” Policy Studies Journal 1(1):11-14.

Ostrom, V. 1971. “An Alternative Approach to the Design of Public Organizational Arrangements.” Presented at the 1971 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.

Ostrom, V. 1971. The Choice of Institutional Arrangements for Water Resource Development; With Special Reference to the California Water Industry. Arlington, VA: National Water Commission.

Ostrom, V. 1971. Institutional Arrangements for Water Resource Development; The Choice of Institutional Arrangements for Water Resource Development, With Special Reference to the California Water Industry.Arlington, VA: National Water Commission.

Ostrom, V. 1971. The Political Theory of a Compound Republic; A Reconstruction of the Logical Foundations of American Democracy as Presented in The Federalist. Blacksburg, VA: Public Choice.

Ostrom, V. 1971. “Two Approaches to the Design of Public Organizational Arrangements.” (Working Paper) Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1970. “A Political Scientist’s Perspective of Government Efficiency.” The Review:4-11. College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1969. “Operational Federalism: Organization for the Provision of Public Services in the American Federal System.” Public Choice 6:1-17.

Ostrom, V. 1969. “Organization.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. http://hdl.handle.net/10535/4377

Ostrom, V. 1968. “Organization of Decision-Making Arrangements and the Development of Atmospheric Resources.” (Working Paper) Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. http://hdl.handle.net/10535/4436

Ostrom, V. 1968. “The Politics of Administration.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. 1968. “Water Resource Development: Some Problems in Economic and Political Analysis of Public Policy.” In Political Science and Public Policy. A. Raney, ed. Chicago: Markham.

Ostrom, V. 1967. “Institutional Failure and Reform: A Problem in Economic and Political Analysis of Water Resource Development.” Presented at the Conference on Political Science and the Study of Public Policy, Cape Newagen, MN. http://hdl.handle.net/10535/1909

Ostrom, V. 1967. “Political Feasibility of Continental Water Systems for North America.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists:13-17.

Ostrom, V. 1967. “Water and Politics - California Style.” Arts and Architecture 84:14-16 & 32.

Ostrom, V. 1966. “Editorial Comment: Whence? Whither?” Public Administration Review 26(1):81-82.

Ostrom, V. 1965. “Editorial Comment: A Moment’s Pause.” Public Administration Review 25(3):257-258.

Ostrom, V. 1965. “Editorial Comment: Brushfire Administration.” Public Administration Review 25(2):179.

Ostrom, V. 1965. “Editorial Comment: On the Frontiers of the Great Society.” Public Administration Review 25(1):104-105.

Ostrom, V. 1965. “Editorial Comment: Symmetry and Conflict.” Public Administration Review 24(4):271-272.

Ostrom, V. 1965. “Editorial: Planning and Un-Planning.” Public Administration Review 25(4):337-338.

Ostrom, V. 1964. “Culture, Science, and Politics.” In The Making of Decisions: A Reader in Administrative Behavior. W.J. Gore & J.W. Dyson, eds. New York: Free Press of Glencoe.

Ostrom, V. 1964. “Editorial Comment: Developments in the ‘No-Name’ Fields of Public Administration.” Public Administration Review 24(1):62-63.

Ostrom, V. 1964. “Editorial Comment: Professional Competence in the Public Service.” Public Administration Review 24(3):208-209.

Ostrom, V. 1964. “Editorial Comment: The American Public Enterprise System.” Public Administration Review 24(2):136-137.

Ostrom, V. 1964. “The Interrelationship of Politics and Education.” National Elementary Principal 43(3):6-11.

Ostrom, V. 1964. Property, Proprietorship and Politics: Law and the Structure of Strategic Opportunities in the California Water Industry. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future.

Ostrom, V. 1964. “Symmetry and Conflict.” Public Administration Review 24(4):271-272.

Ostrom, V. 1964. “Western Water Institutions in a Contemporary Perspective.” In Proceedings: Western Inter-State Water Conference. Los Angeles: University of California, Water Resources Center. http://hdl.handle.net/10535/2181

Ostrom, V. 1963. “The Law of Water Rights.” In California Water Industry Study. Washington, DC: Water Resources Program, Resources for the Future.

Ostrom, V. 1963. “Property, Proprietorship and Politics: Law and the Structure of Strategic Opportunities in the California Water Industry.” Presented at the Regional Science Association meeting, Eugene, OR. http://hdl.handle.net/10535/1044

Ostrom, V. 1963. “Water Resource Management: Regional Planning.” In Seminar on Social and Cultural Problems. Ljubljana, Yugoslavia: Tisharna Toneta Tomsica. http://hdl.handle.net/10535/1800

Ostrom, V. 1962. “The Political Economy of Water Development.” American Economic Review 52:450-58.

Ostrom, V. 1962. “The Politics of Education in a Democracy.” In The American Political Arena. J.R.F. Boston: Little, Brown.

Ostrom, V. 1962. “The Role of Public and Private Agencies in Planning the Use of Water Resources.” InProceedings of the Western Resources Conference. Boulder, CO: University of Colorado Press.

Ostrom, V. 1962. “The Water Economy and Its Organization.” Natural Resources Journal 2:55-73.

Ostrom, V. 1961. “Education and Politics.” In Social Forces Influencing American Education; The Sixtieth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part II. N.B. Henry, ed. Chicago: National Society for the Study of Education.

Ostrom, V. 1961. “Knowledge, Science, and Policy.” American Behavioral Scientist 4(5):30-32.

Ostrom, V. 1960. “Exchange of Water Supply.” (Working Paper) http://hdl.handle.net/10535/4182

Ostrom, V. 1960. “Public Policy Studies; an Approach to Governmental Research.” In The Research Function of University Bureaus and Institutes for Government-Related Research. D. Waldo, ed. Berkeley: University of California, Bureau of Public Administration.

Ostrom, V. 1959. “Tools for Decision-Making in Resource Planning; Reviews of Books and Documents.” Public Administration Review 19:114-121.

Ostrom, V. 1956. “The Political Dimension of Regional Analysis.” In Papers and Proceedings of the Regional Science Association, Vol. 2. G.A.P. Carrothers, ed. Cambridge, MA: Regional Science Association.

Ostrom, V. 1954. “The Units of Local Government in Oregon 1951.” Bureau of Municipal Research and Service, University of Oregon, Eugene.

Ostrom, V. 1953. “The Social Scientist and the Control and Development of Natural Resources.” Land Economics 29(2):105-116.

Ostrom, V. 1953. “State Administration of Natural Resources in the West.” American Political Science Review 47(2):478-493.

Ostrom, V. 1953. Water and Politics: A Study of Water Policies and Administration in the Development of Los Angeles. Los Angeles: Haynes Foundation.

Ostrom, V. 1953. Water Supply. Los Angeles: The Haynes Foundation. (Metropolitan Los Angeles: A Study in Integration, vol. 8).

Ostrom, V. 1950. “Government and Water: A Study of the Influence of Water upon Governmental Institutions and Practices in the Development of Los Angeles.” (Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California-Los Angeles, 1950). http://hdl.handle.net/10535/3608

Ostrom, V. 1945. “School Board Politics: An Analysis of Non-Partisanship in the Los Angeles City Board of Education.” (M.A. Thesis, University of California-Los Angeles, 1945).

Ostrom, V. & B. Allen. 1994. “Studying ‘Democracy in America’: Learning to Be Self-Governing.” (Working Paper)

Ostrom, V., R.L. Bish, & E. Ostrom. 1988. Local Government in the United States. San Francisco: ICS Press.

Ostrom, V., R.L. Bish, & E. Ostrom. 1984. Il governo locale negli Stati Uniti. Milano: Edizioni di Comunità. (Quaderni di studi regionali, no. 13).

Ostrom, V., R.L. Bish, & E. Ostrom. 2009. Local Government in the United States (Chinese Edition). Beijing: Peking Universtiy Press.

Ostrom, V., D. Feeny, & H. Picht. 1988. “Institutional Analysis and Development: Rethinking the Terms of Choice.” In Rethinking Institutional Analysis and Development: Issues, Alternatives, and Choices. V. Ostrom, D. Feeny, & H. Picht, eds. San Francisco: ICS.

Ostrom, V. & T. Hennessey. 1975. “Conjectures on Institutional Analysis and Design.” (Working Paper)

Ostrom, V. & T. Hennessey. 1972. “Institutional Analysis and Design.” (Working Paper) http://hdl.handle.net/10535/4122

Ostrom, V. & T. Hennessy. 1974. “Institutional Structures, Territoriality and Development Perspectives: Alternative Structures and Performance.” Presented at International Sociological Association, Toronto.

Ostrom, V. & E. Ostrom. 2002. “Legal and Political Conditions of Water Resource Development.” In Water Resources and Economic Development. R.M. Saleth, ed. Northampton, MA: Elgar.

Ostrom, V. & E. Ostrom. 2000. “Public Choice: A Different Approach to the Study of Public Administration.” InPolycentric Games and Institutions: Readings from the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. M.D. McGinnis, ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Ostrom, V. & E. Ostrom. 1999. “A Behavioral Approach to the Study of Intergovernmental Relations.” InPolycentricity and Local Public Economies: Readings from the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. M.D. McGinnis, ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Ostrom, V. & E. Ostrom. 1999. “Legal and Political Conditions of Water Resource Development.” In Polycentric Governance and Development: Readings from the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. M.D. McGinnis, ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Ostrom, V. & E. Ostrom. 1999. “Public Goods and Public Choices.” In Polycentricity and Local Public Economies: Readings from the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. M.D. McGinnis, ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Ostrom, V. & E. Ostrom. 1997. “Cultures: Frameworks, Theories, and Models.” In Culture Matters: Essays in Honor of Aaron Wildavsky. R.J. Ellis & M. Thompson, eds. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Ostrom, V. & E. Ostrom. 1989. “Administrowanie Dobrami I Uslugami Publicznymi W Swietle Badan (Polish translation of ‘Public Goods and Public Choices’).” Administracja 2(6):69-87.

Ostrom, V. & E. Ostrom. 1985. “A Short History of the Workshop.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V. & E. Ostrom. 1977. “Public Goods and Public Choices.” In Alternatives for Delivering Public Services; Toward Improved Performance. E.S. Savas, ed. Boulder, CO: Westview.

Ostrom, V. & E. Ostrom. 1977. “A Theory for Institutional Analysis of Common Pool Problems.” In Managing the Commons. G. Hardin & J. Baden, eds. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman.

Ostrom, V. & E. Ostrom. 1972. “Legal and Political Conditions of Water Resource Development.” Land Economics 48(1):1-12.

Ostrom, V. & E. Ostrom. 1971. “A Political Theory for Institutional Analysis.” In Resource Management in the Great Lakes. F.A. Butrico et al., eds. Lexington, MA: Heath Lexington Books.

Ostrom, V. & E. Ostrom. 1971. “Public Choice: A Different Approach to the Study of Public Administration.” Public Administration Review:203-216.

Ostrom, V. & E. Ostrom. 1970. “Conditions of Legal and Political Feasibility.” In Natural Resource Systems Models in Decision Making. G.H. Toebes, ed. Lafayette, IN: Water Resources Center, Purdue University.

Ostrom, V. & E. Ostrom. 1965. “A Behavioral Approach to the Study of Intergovernmental Relations.” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 359:137-146.

Ostrom, V. & E. Ostrom. n.d. “Public Choice: A Different Approach to the Study of Public Administration.” (Working Paper)

Ostrom, V. & E. Ostrom. n.d. “Ten-Year Prospectus for the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Bloomington, IN.

Ostrom, V., E. Ostrom, & R. Herzberg. 1991-1992. “A Course of Study in Institutional Analysis and Development.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Bloomington, IN. http://hdl.handle.net/10535/7472

Ostrom, V., E. Ostrom, & R. Herzberg. 1989. “A Course of Study in Institutional Analysis and Development.” InComparative Politics III: Development, Political Participation, Ethnicity. A. Kornberg, ed. Durham, NC: Eno River Press.

Ostrom, V., E. Ostrom, & I.L. Whitman. 1970. “Problems for Institutional Analysis of the Great Lakes Basin.” InProceedings: Thirteenth Conference on Great Lakes Research. Toronto, Ontario: International Association for Great Lakes Research.

Ostrom, V. & E. Scott. 1961. “Prediction and Planning: Some Problems in the Study of Political Behavior.” Western Political Quarterly XIV(3):49-50.

Ostrom, V., C.M. Tiebout, & R. Warren. 1999. “The Organization of Government in Metropolitan Areas: A Theoretical Inquiry.” In Polycentricity and Local Public Economies: Readings from the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. M.D. McGinnis, ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Ostrom, V., C.M. Tiebout, & R. Warren. 1961. “The Organization of Government in Metropolitan Areas: A Theoretical Inquiry.” American Political Science Review 55:831-842.

Ostrom, V. & R. Warren. 1964. “The Production of Municipal Services under Competitive Conditions: An Inquiry into Some Opportunities Afforded by Overlapping Jurisdictions in Metropolitan Areas.” (Working Paper)

Wengert, E.S. & V. Ostrom. 1948. A Statement. Laramie, WY: