PAR Virtual Issue: A Tribute to Elinor Ostrom and Vincent Ostrom
In June, two great intellects left us. Elinor Ostrom, 2009 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, former President of the American Political Science Association, and Distinguished Professor at Indiana University lost her battle with pancreatic cancer. Lin, as she was known to colleagues and friends, was 78. Within a few short weeks, Vincent Ostrom, former editor of Public Administration Review, Arthur F. Bentley Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Indiana University, and Lin's husband of almost fifty years, succumbed to prostate cancer and age. Vincent was 92. They co-founded what is now the Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop on Political Theory and Policy Analysis, located at Indiana University, Bloomington (www.indiana.edu/~workshop/).
The Ostroms leave behind a monumental legacy. Since their deaths, Elinor and Vincent have been memorialized in the New York Times, The Economist, and many other media outlets and blogs. I refer readers to these sources for more details about their extraordinary lives and tributes from friends and colleagues.
This virtual issue shares a sampling of the Ostrom legacy that appeared in the pages of PAR during the more than half century during which Elinor, Vincent, and their students and colleagues contributed to the journal. I have assembled eleven articles that are either written by one or both of the Ostroms or owe a large debt to ideas that originate with them. Two of the articles, "Reflections on Vincent Ostrom, Public Administration, and Polycentricity" (PAR 2012) and "Resilience in Public Administration: The Work of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom from a Public Administration Perspective" (PAR 2010), provide excellent insights about the collective body of contributions Elinor and Vincent Ostrom made to public administration during their lives.
In addition to their many individual achievements and recognitions, the Ostroms' life together was a remarkable story of intellectual synergy, partnership, and love. We are thankful for the legacy they have left us, both as individuals and as a couple.
James L. Perry, PAR Editor-in-Chief
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Table of Contents
Resilience in Public Administration: The Work of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom from a Public Administration Perspective
Theo Toonen
Article first published online: 11 FEB 2010 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2010.02147.x
Public Administration Review
Reflections on Vincent Ostrom, Public Administration, and Polycentricity
Michael D. McGinnis, Elinor Ostrom
Article first published online: 11 NOV 2011 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02488.x
Public Administration Review
Left High and Dry? Climate Change, Common-Pool Resource Theory, and the Adaptability of Western Water Compacts
Edella Schlager, Tanya Heikkila
Article first published online: 9 MAY 2011 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02367.x
Public Administration Review
A Preliminary Theory of Informal Accountability among Network Organizational Actors
Barbara S. Romzek, Kelly LeRoux, Jeannette M. Blackmar
Article first published online: 24 FEB 2012 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02547.x
Public Administration Review
Collaboration Processes: Inside the Black Box
Ann Marie Thomson, James L. Perry
Article first published online: 9 NOV 2006 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00663.x
Public Administration Review
The Regulation Dilemma: Cooperation and Conflict in Environmental Governance
Matthew Potoski, Aseem Prakash
Article first published online: 18 MAR 2004 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2004.00357.x
Public Administration Review
What Do We Know and Need to Know about the Environmental Outcomes of Collaborative Management?
Tomas M. Koontz, Craig W. Thomas
Article first published online: 9 NOV 2006 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00671.x
Public Administration Review
Public Choice: A Different Approach to the Study of Public Administration
Vincent Ostrom, Elinor Ostrom
Article first published: MAR 1971
Public Administration Review
On JSTOR
Do We Really Want to Consolidate Urban Police Forces? A Reappraisal of Some Old Assertions
Elinor Ostrom, Roger B. Parks, Gordon P. Whitaker
Article first published: SEPT 1973
Public Administration Review
On JSTOR
The Role of Commitment in Collective Action: Comparing the Organizational Behavior and Rational Choice Perspectives
Peter J. Robertson, Shui-Yan Tang
Article first published: JAN 1995
Public Administration Review
On JSTOR
Artisanship and Artifact
Vincent Ostrom
Article first published: JULY 1980
Public Administration Review
On JSTOR