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L'institutionnalisme méthodologique d'Elinor Ostrom : quelques enjeux et controverses

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  • Jean-Pierre Chanteau

    (CREG - Centre de recherche en économie de Grenoble - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2)

  • Agnès Labrousse

    (CRIISEA - Centre de Recherche sur les Institutions, l'Industrie et les Systèmes Économiques d'Amiens - UR UPJV 3908 - UPJV - Université de Picardie Jules Verne)

Abstract

This paper explores an underestimated part of Ostrom's contribution: her methodological institutionalism, beyond her well-known work on the commons. We show that her approach is in line with historical institutionalism (bounded rationality and social embeddedness; role of rules and norms ; generative and non-functionalist approach; multi-level and structural analysis; critical realism, etc.), even when she uses models often branded as mainstream (game theory, agent-based models) for heuristic purposes. We thereby unravel recurring misunderstandings in the French literature on Ostrom's work (about her alleged theory of a "third way"; about the notions of 'self-governance' and 'community') and point to the potential fruitfulness of a mutual enrichment with other institutionalisms.

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  • Jean-Pierre Chanteau & Agnès Labrousse, 2013. "L'institutionnalisme méthodologique d'Elinor Ostrom : quelques enjeux et controverses," Post-Print halshs-00951360, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00951360
    DOI: 10.4000/regulation.10555
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    1. Chanteau, Jean-Pierre & Coriat, Benjamin & Labrousse, Agnès & Orsi, Fabienne, 2013. "Introduction," Revue de la Régulation - Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoirs, Association Recherche et Régulation, vol. 14.
    2. Stéphanie LEYRONAS & Nadège Legroux, 2019. "Commons: Towards a New Narrative on Development Policies and Practices?," Working Paper 41a69237-47b7-436a-940a-f, Agence française de développement.
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    4. Stéphanie LEYRONAS & Julien CALAS, 2019. "Development Practices: Building New Equilibriums within the Commons-State-Market System," Working Paper 3c9b70fa-29da-4c95-ae1b-c, Agence française de développement.
    5. Orsi, Fabienne, 2013. "Elinor Ostrom et les faisceaux de droits : l’ouverture d’un nouvel espace pour penser la propriété commune," Revue de la Régulation - Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoirs, Association Recherche et Régulation, vol. 14.
    6. Allaire, Gilles, 2013. "Les communs comme infrastructure institutionnelle de l’économie marchande," Revue de la Régulation - Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoirs, Association Recherche et Régulation, vol. 14.

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    JEL classification:

    • B41 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - Economic Methodology
    • B52 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Modern Monetary Theory;
    • H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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