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.
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