What is missing from the policy analyst's tool kit - and from the set of accepted, well-developed th…

Elinor Ostrom — Governing The Commons

What is missing from the policy analyst's tool kit - and from the set of accepted, well-developed theories of human organization - is an adequately specified theory of collective action whereby a group of principals can organize themselves voluntarily to retain the residuals of their own efforts.

— Elinor Ostrom, Governing The Commons