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On Dissemination
(1976) Ostrom, Elinor; Nevin, Gillian
From p. 3: "The Comprehensive Report for this project, Patterns of Metropolitan Policing, by Elinor Ostrom, Roger B. Parks, and Gordon P. Whitaker with chapters by Frances Bish, John McIver, Steven Mastrofski, and Elaine Sharp has been accepted for publication by two commercial publishers, Ballinger Books and Lexington Books. Indiana University Foundation is currently negotiating a final contract for this volume with the NSF legal staff. The final volume will be published early in 1977. This section contains a summary of the Comprehensive Report."
The Need for Multiple Indicators in Measuring the Output of Public Agencies
(1973) Ostrom, Elinor
"The need for more valid and realizable means of measuring the output of government services at all levels of government is a critical problem for policy analysts. It is particularly important at the municipal level, where such outputs and their variations have the most direct impact upon citizens, and where sophisticated measurement and evaluation capabilities are least likely to be found."
Urban Policy Analysis: An Institutional Approach
(1975) Ostrom, Elinor
From the introduction: The term 'study guide' is indefinite enough to require an explanation of who might find this volume useful and why. This study guide draws upon a large notebook of materials I originally prepared for the 1973-74 National Science Foundation Chautauqua-Type Short Course program for college teachers. I filled that notebook with materials college teachers could use in courses on public policy analysis, urban politics, and social sciences methodology. "During the summer of 1974, I was asked by the American Association for the Advancement of Science to prepare a study guide from the materials contained in the large notebook. This volume was then issued as a test edition and used in conjunction with the Chautauqua course I taught during the 1974-75 academic year. The comments of a number of readers of that edition have been helpful in substantially revising the study guide for the current version. "A variety of individuals may find this guide useful. The guide could be used as the textbook for a section of a course on urban politics, metropolitan government, public policy analysis, or social science methodology. The guide could be used for an independent readings course by an advanced undergraduate or entering graduate student. The guide might also be useful to a group of citizens appointed to a local government study commission who wish to do some basic readings before undertaking their own study in their own community."
Political Economy Approach to the Analysis of Institutional Behavior and Consequences
(1979) Kiser, Larry L.; Ostrom, Elinor
From p. 1: "Undertaking a synthesis of work in political economy for a Handbook of Political Behavior is a massive task. The potential literature for such a review is far too extensive for the limitations of a single chapter. Moreover, the term political economy is used to characterize such a wide variety of academic work that no single chapter could provide a coherent synthesis of all the different perspectives. A chapter-length discussion must be more selective. "This chapter focuses entirely on the political economy literature which starts with the individual as a basic unit of analysis and which conceptualizes collectives of individuals as artifacts crafted to increase individuals access to available outcomes. Literature examining the effects of different institutional arrangements on the conduct and behavior of individuals and literature evaluation consequences is emphasized."

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