Theoretical Article

Polycentricity thought and governance relationship in Vincent Ostrom

Volume: 16 Number: 2 December 31, 2023
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Polycentricity thought and governance relationship in Vincent Ostrom

Abstract

The end of the 1960s and the 1970s were the years when the social, political and administrative events experienced for the whole world were criticized in the name of democracy. These years were also a period in which the American public administration was not qualified to respond to the conditions of the period, social welfare was not distributed fairly, the ongoing poverty, violence, racism, and gender-based inequality in the society were discussed, and the decreasing trust in institutions and its traditionality were questioned. One of the important names of this period of interrogation is Vincent Ostrom. While Ostrom included his criticisms of traditional public administration in his work titled "Intellectual Crisis in American Public Administration" published in 1973, he advocates polycentrism against a single-centered hierarchical administration. Ostrom's idea of polycentricity and his search for democratic governance is the subject of this study. The study accepts that Ostrom's concept of polycentricity and democratic administration thought are compatible with the governance model and form the basis for the governance process. In addition, the study aims to clarify the relatively little discussed "Vincent Ostrom framework" in the Turkish literature.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Public Administration

Journal Section

Theoretical Article

Early Pub Date

December 15, 2023

Publication Date

December 31, 2023

Submission Date

September 18, 2023

Acceptance Date

December 1, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 16 Number: 2

APA
Özalp, S. (2023). Polycentricity thought and governance relationship in Vincent Ostrom. Hitit Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 16(2), 316-328. https://doi.org/10.17218/hititsbd.1362329
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