Public Entrepreneurship, Citizenship, and Self-Governance

Public Entrepreneurship, Citizenship, and Self-Governance

Author: Paul Dragos Aligica

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-08-16

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1316946738

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In this book Paul Dragos Aligica revisits the theory of political self-governance in the context of recent developments in behavioral economics and political philosophy that have challenged the foundations of this theory. Building on the work of the 'Bloomington School' created by Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom and Public Choice political economy co-founder Vincent Ostrom, Aligica presents a fresh conceptualization of the key processes at the core of democratic-liberal governance systems involving civic competence and public entrepreneurship. The result is not only a re-assessment and re-articulation of the theories constructed by the Bloomington School of Public Choice, but also a new approach to several cutting-edge discussions relevant to governance studies and applied institutional theory, such as the debates generated by the recent waves of populism, paternalism and authoritarianism.


Public Entrepreneurship, Citizenship, and Self-Governance

Public Entrepreneurship, Citizenship, and Self-Governance

Author: Paul Dragos Aligica

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-08-16

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1107186099

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Building on the work of Nobel Prize in Economics winner Elinor Ostrom, the book revisits the theory of political self-governance in the context of recent developments in social sciences and political philosophy. Aligica presents a fresh conceptualization of self-governance as a response to cutting-edge challenges of populism, paternalism and authoritarianism.


Expert Failure

Expert Failure

Author: Roger Koppl

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-02-08

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1107138469

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Roger Koppl develops a theory of experts and expert failure, and illustrates his theory with wide-ranging examples, including that of state regulation of economic activity.


Public Governance Paradigms

Public Governance Paradigms

Author: Jacob Torfing

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2020-04-24

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1788971221

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This enlightening book scrutinizes the shifting governance paradigms that inform public administration reforms. From the rise to supremacy of New Public Management to new the growing preference for alternatives, four world-renowned authors launch a powerful and systematic comparison of the competing and co-existing paradigms, explaining the core features of public bureaucracy and professional rule in the modern day.


Citizenship: A Very Short Introduction

Citizenship: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Richard Bellamy

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2008-09-25

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 0192802534

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Interest in citizenship has never been higher. But what does it mean to be a citizen in a modern, complex community? Richard Bellamy approaches the subject of citizenship from a political perspective and, in clear and accessible language, addresses the complexities behind this highly topical issue.


Challenging Institutional Analysis and Development

Challenging Institutional Analysis and Development

Author: Paul Dragos Aligica

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-06-02

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1135968535

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Challenging Institutional Analysis and Development demonstrates the importance of one of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics winners Elinor Ostrom's research program. The Bloomington School has become one of the most dynamic, well recognized and productive centers of the New Institutional Theory movement. Its ascendancy is considered to be the result of a unique and extremely successful combination of interdisciplinary theoretical approaches and hard-nosed empiricism. This book demonstrates that the well-known interdisciplinary and empirical agenda of the Bloomington Research Program is the result of a less-known but very bold proposition: an attempt to revitalize and extend into the new millennium a traditional mode of analysis illustrated by authors like Locke, Montesquieu, Hume, Adam Smith, Hamilton, Madison and Tocqueville. As such, the School tries to synthesize the traditional perspectives with the contemporary developments in social sciences and thus to re-ignite the old approach in the new intellectual and political context of the twentieth century. The book presents an outline and a systematic analysis of the vision behind the Bloomington Research Program in Institutional Analysis and Development, explaining its basic assumptions and its main themes as well as the foundational philosophy that frames its research questions and theoretical and methodological approaches. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of social science, especially those in the fields of economics, political sciences, sociology and public administration.


Alternative Marketing Approaches for Entrepreneurs

Alternative Marketing Approaches for Entrepreneurs

Author: Björn Bjerke

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 178643895X

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Consumers have, to a large extent, become their own producers; they are more aware of marketing and are active in adding value to the products and experiences they want. By assessing customers as active agents rather than passive consumers, Björn Bjerke explores alternative ways of marketing for new businesses and social entrepreneurial ventures.


Governing the Commons

Governing the Commons

Author: Elinor Ostrom

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-09-23

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1107569788

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Tackles one of the most enduring and contentious issues of positive political economy: common pool resource management.


Political Capitalism

Political Capitalism

Author: Randall G. Holcombe

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-07-19

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1108596126

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Problems associated with cronyism, corporatism, and policies that favor the elite over the masses have received increasing attention in recent years. Political Capitalism explains that what people often view as the result of corruption and unethical behavior are symptoms of a distinct system of political economy. The symptoms of political capitalism are often viewed as the result of government intervention in a market economy, or as attributes of a capitalist economy itself. Randall G. Holcombe combines well-established theories in economics and the social sciences to show that political capitalism is not a mixed economy, or government intervention in a market economy, or some intermediate step between capitalism and socialism. After developing the economic theory of political capitalism, Holcombe goes on to explain how changes in political ideology have facilitated the growth of political capitalism, and what can be done to redirect public policy back toward the public interest.


Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana

Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana

Author: Richard Werbner

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2004-07-16

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 0253110246

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Are self-interested elites the curse of liberal democracy in Africa? Is there hope against the politics of the belly, kleptocracies, vampire states, failed states, and Afro-pessimism? In Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana, Richard Werbner examines a rare breed of powerful political elites who are not tyrants, torturers, or thieves. Werbner's focus is on the Kalanga, a minority ethnic group that has served Botswana in business and government since independence. Kalanga elites have expanded public services, advocated causes for the public good, founded organizations to build the public sphere and civil society, and forged partnerships and alliances with other ethnic groups in Botswana. Gathering evidence from presidential commissions, land tribunals, landmark court cases, and his lifetime relationship with key Kalanga elites, Werbner shows how a critical press, cosmopolitanism, entrepreneurship, accountability, and the values of patriarchy and elderhood make for an open society with strong, capable government. Werbner's work provides a refreshing alternative to those who envision no future for Africa beyond persistent agony and lack of development.