Background
Ostrom, Vincent Alfred was born on September 25, 1919 in Nooksack, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Alfred and Alma (Knudson) Ostrom.
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This revised and expanded third edition extends Ostrom’s analysis to account for the most resent developments in American politics, including those of the Clinton and Bush administrations.
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The Political Theory of a Compound Republic: Designing the American Experiment The Political Theory of a Compound Republic: Designing the American Experiment by Ostrom, Vincent ( Author ) Paperback Dec- 2007 Paperback Dec- 01- 2007
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The Political Theory of a Compound Republic presents the essential logic of James Madison and Alexander Hamilton's design of limited, distributed, constitutional authority proposed inThe Federalist. Two revised and expanded ensuing chapters show how the idea of constitutional choice has been employed since the adoption of the 1789 Constitution of the United States. A new concluding chapter questions commonly accepted beliefs about sovereign nation-states and considers governance from the perspective of twenty-first century 'citizen-sovereigns.'
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We struggle in the modern age to preserve individual freedoms and social self-government in the face of large and powerful governments that lay claim to the symbols and language of democracy, according to Vincent Ostrom. Arguing that democratic systems are characterized by self-governing--not state- governed--societies, Ostrom contends that the nature and strength of individual relationships and self-organizing behavior are critical to the creation and survival of a democratic political system. Ostrom begins with a basic contradiction identified by Alexis de Tocqueville. De Tocqueville suggested that if citizens acted on the basis of their natural inclinations they would expect government to provide for them and take care of their needs. Yet these conditions contradict what it means to be self-governing. Ostrom explores the social and cultural context necessary for a democratic system to flourish emphasizing the important role of ideas and the use of language in defining and understanding political life. Discussing differences in the ideas about social organization among various cultural and intellectual traditions, he considers the difficulties encountered over time in building democratic societies in America, Asia, Europe, and Africa. He outlines lessons from these experiences for the efforts to build democracy in the developing world and the countries emerging from communism. Based on a lifetime of thinking about the social conditions necessary to support a democracy, this book makes a significant contribution to the recent discussion about civil society and the fragility of our formal and informal social institutions and will be of interest to social scientists, historians and all readers concerned with the state of democracy in the modern world. Vincent Ostrom is Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science Emeritus and Co-Director of the Workshop on Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University. He is the author of many works on political theory and public administration.
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Ostrom, Vincent Alfred was born on September 25, 1919 in Nooksack, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Alfred and Alma (Knudson) Ostrom.
Bachelor in Political Science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1942. Master of Arts in Political Science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1945. Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1950.
Teacher, Chaffey Union H.S., Ontario, California, 1943-1945;
assistant professor political science, U. Wyoming, Laramie, 1945-1948;
assistant professor political science, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1949-1954;
associate professor political science, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1954-1958;
associate professor political science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1958-1964;
professor political science, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1964-1990;
Arthur F. Bentley professor emeritus political science, Indiana U., Bloomington, since 1990. Hooker distinguished visiting scholar McMaster U., 1984-1985. Research associate Bureau Municipal Research, 1950, Resources for Future, Inc., 1962-1964.
Associate director Pacific Northwest Cooperative Program in Ednl. Administration, 1951-1958. Co-director Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana U., Bloomington, since 1973.
Consultant and lecturer in field.
(The Political Theory of a Compound Republic: Designing th...)
( We struggle in the modern age to preserve individual fr...)
(The Political Theory of a Compound Republic presents the ...)
( This revised and expanded third edition extends Ostrom...)
( This revised and expanded third edition extends Ostrom...)
(rethinking institutional analysis and development issues,...)
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Program coordinator Wyoming Assessors' School, 1946-1948, Budget Officer's School, 1947-1948. Executive secretary Wyoming League of Municipalities, 1947-1948. Consultant Wyoming Legislation Interim Committee, 1947-1948, National Resources, Alaska Constitutional Convention, 1955-1956, Tennessee Water Policy Commission, 1956.
Member founding board Committee on Political Economy of the Good Society, since 1990. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Political Science Association (Special Achievement award for Significant Contributions to Study of Federalism, 1991, Best Book on Federalism and Intergovtl. Relations award 1999, John Gaus Distinguished lecturer award 2005), American Economic Association, American Society Public Administration, Public Choice Society, International Political Science Association.
Married Isabell Bender, May 20, 1942 (divorced 1963). Married Elinor Awan, November 23, 1963.