Currently, many scholars are undertaking new theoretical efforts. A core effort is develo**
a more general theory of individual choice that recognizes the central role of trust in co** …

The literature on development nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) envisions an
alternative form of social organization, one that is more altruistic, more cooperative, and less …

Human cooperation is highly unusual. We live in large groups composed mostly of non-
relatives. Evolutionists have proposed a number of explanations for this pattern, including …

Theories of the policy process Page 1 THIRD EDITION THEORIES OF THE POLICY PROCESS
EDITED BY PAUL A. SABATIER CHRISTOPHER M. WEIBLE Page 2 THEORIES OF THE …

This chapter focuses on the institutional analysis and development (IAD) framework that has
evolved out of the work of many colleagues at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy …

Foreign aid is now a $100 bn business and is expanding more rapidly today than it has for a
generation. But does it work? Indeed, is it needed at all? Other attempts to answer these …

Few social scientific concepts have gathered so much attention and so many followers in
such a short period of time than the concept of social capital. The fundamental idea can be …

This article seeks to shed new light on the study of decentralized natural resource
governance by applying institutional theories of polycentricity—the relationships among …

The conventional wisdom in the literature on aid allocation suggests that donors utilize
bilateral aid as a tool to buy influence in the aid-receiving country. Those who conclude that …

The relationship between private property and common property has engaged both legal
and economic scholars in a long series of controversies over the meaning, the sequence of …