Working together : collective action, the commons, and multiple methods in practice /

"Advances in the social sciences have emerged through a variety of research methods: field-based research, laboratory and field experiments, and agent-based models. However, which research method or approach is best suited to a particular inquiry is frequently debated and discussed. Working Tog...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Poteete, Amy R., 1968-
Other Authors: Janssen, Marco, 1969-, Ostrom, Elinor
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2010]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part One: Introduction. Overcoming Methodological Challenges.
  • Part Two: Field Methods. Small-N Case Studies: Putting the Commons under a Magnifying Glass ; Broadly Comparative Field-Based Research ; Meta-Analysis: Getting the Big Picture through Synthesis ; Collaborative Field Studies.
  • Part Three: Models and Experiments in the Laboratory and the Field. Experiments in the Laboratory and the Field ; Agent-Based Models of Collective Action ; Building Empirically Grounded Agent-Based Models.
  • Part Four: Synthesis. Pushing the Frontiers of the Theory of Collective Action and the Commons.