Ronald J. Oakerson

Ronald J. Oakerson (born c. 1944) is a professor emeritus of political science and intercultural studies at Houghton College.^[1] He has served previously as the college's Vice President and Dean, as well as the chairman of the Department of History and Political Science. He is a founding member of the National Rural Studies Council^{[citation needed]} and served on the American Political Science Association's Task Force on Civic Education for the Next Century.^[2] Elinor Ostrom described Oakerson as an important contributor to the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework.^[3] On the version of the framework Oakerson presented at the Proceedings of the Conference on Common Property Resource Management at the National Research Council in April 1985,^[4] Ostrom wrote that it "...has influenced an untold number of studies of common-property regimes in many diverse sectors in all regions of the world."^[3]

Oakerson states, "The purpose of education is to build a bridge between generations, so as to preserve our accomplishments."^{[citation needed]}

Employment History

From 1985-88 he was a senior analyst with the US Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations and directed the Commission's program on metropolitan government.^{[citation needed]} He has previously taught at Marshall University and from 1988-92 was a scholar with the Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University Bloomington.

Oakerson is a former member of the Panel on Common Property Resources Management of the National Research Council and a coeditor of Making the Commons Work: Theory, Practice, and Policy (1992).^[5] From 1992-94 he served as the research director for the Program of Research on Market Transitions of the US Agency for International Development (Cameroon).^{[citation needed]}

Writings by Ronald J. Oakerson

'Analyzing the Commons: A Framework' in Making the commons work: Theory, practice and policy^[5]
Governing Local Public Economies: Creating the Civic Metropolis^[6]
Keepers of the Republic: A Civic View of American Politics^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Political Science Major". Houghton College. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
^ "Gazette". PS: Political Science & Politics. 32 (1): 165–172. March 1999. doi:10.1017/s1049096500049192. ISSN 1049-0965.
^ ^a ^b Theories of the policy process. Sabatier, Paul A. (2nd ed.). Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7867-3424-5. OCLC 769189027.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ Panel On Common Property Resource Management. (1986). Proceedings of the conference on common property resource management. Nat'L Academy Press. OCLC 228123173.
^ ^a ^b Oakerson, R. J. (1992). Analyzing the commons: A framework. Making the commons work: Theory, practice and policy, 41-59.
^ Oakerson, Ronald J. (1999). Governing local public economies : creating the civic metropolis. ICS Press. OCLC 681283869.

External links

Website at Houghton College

[1] "Political Science Major". Houghton College. Retrieved 2020-07-23.

[2] "Gazette". PS: Political Science & Politics. 32 (1): 165–172. March 1999. doi:10.1017/s1049096500049192. ISSN 1049-0965.

[:0-3] Theories of the policy process. Sabatier, Paul A. (2nd ed.). Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7867-3424-5. OCLC 769189027.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[4] Panel On Common Property Resource Management. (1986). Proceedings of the conference on common property resource management. Nat'L Academy Press. OCLC 228123173.

[:1-5] Oakerson, R. J. (1992). Analyzing the commons: A framework. Making the commons work: Theory, practice and policy, 41-59.

[6] Oakerson, Ronald J. (1999). Governing local public economies : creating the civic metropolis. ICS Press. OCLC 681283869.

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