Elinor Ostrom Quotes
- The power of a theory is exactly proportional to the diversity of situations it can explain.
- 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…
- Some of the homes that have been built in the last 10 years just appall me. Why do humans need huge homes? I was born…
- Brian Walker and David Salt have written a thoughtful and powerful book to help resource users and managers put resilience thinking into practice and aim…
- There is no reason to believe that bureaucrats and politicians, no matter how well meaning, are better at solving problems than the people on the…
- Bureaucrats sometimes do not have the correct information, while citizens and users of resources do.
- Little by little, bit by bit, family by family, so much good can be done on so many levels
- What we have ignored is what citizens can do and the importance of real involvement of the people involved - versus just having somebody in…