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Resolving Common Pool Resource Dilemmas and Heterogeneities Among Resource Users

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dc.contributor.author Schlager, Edella en_US
dc.contributor.author Blomquist, William en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-07-31T14:33:43Z
dc.date.available 2009-07-31T14:33:43Z
dc.date.issued 1998 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2001-07-02 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2001-07-02 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/1009
dc.description.abstract Conclusion: "Heterogeneities among resource users are commonly viewed as anathema to resolving common pool resource dilemmas. Ostrom (1990:211) states that resource users are more likely to adopt a set of rules that improves joint welfare if 'appropriators will be affected in similar ways by the proposed rule change', which is only possible if appropriators are homogeneous in all important respects. While heterogeneities may, in many cases, confound attempts to resolve common-pool resource dilemmas, they are ubiquitous. As the IAD framework demonstrates, there are numerous dimensions on which resource users may differ. Furthermore, most attention to heterogeneities has focused on attempting to reach agreements for solving shared problems. As both Ostrom (1990) and Scharpf (1997) argue, reaching an agreement is only one step in resolving shared problems, attention must be paid to implementation, including commitment and monitoring. Heterogeneities may effect resource users' willingness to follow as well as enforce rules. "Even though in many instances heterogeneities present substantial challenges to users of a shared resource, they nevertheless surmount such obstacles and devise and implement institutional arrangements. The issue then is how those arrangements address and overcome the obstacles presented by differences among resource users. In general, most institutional arrangements devised to address common-pool resource dilemmas also address heterogeneities by separating resource users into homogenous groups, forcing resource users to work together, or removing groups of users from the resource. Thus, in evaluating institutional arrangements for managing common pool resources, attention must be paid not only to their efficiency, effectiveness, and fairness, but also to how the resolve resource user heterogeneity." en_US
dc.language English en_US
dc.subject IASC en_US
dc.subject common pool resources--theory en_US
dc.subject institutional analysis--IAD framework en_US
dc.subject Workshop en_US
dc.subject information--theory en_US
dc.subject hierarchy--theory en_US
dc.subject rules en_US
dc.subject heterogeneity en_US
dc.subject social dilemmas en_US
dc.title Resolving Common Pool Resource Dilemmas and Heterogeneities Among Resource Users en_US
dc.type Conference Paper en_US
dc.type.published unpublished en_US
dc.subject.sector Social Organization en_US
dc.subject.sector Theory en_US
dc.identifier.citationconference Crossing Boundaries, the Seventh Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfdates June 10-14 en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfloc Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada en_US
dc.submitter.email hess@indiana.edu en_US


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