Collective Action, the Commons, and Multiple Methods in Praccollective Action, the Commons, and Multiple Methods in Practice Tice
Buch, Englisch, 370 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 643 g
ISBN: 978-0-691-14604-1
Verlag: Princeton University Press
Advances in the social sciences have emerged through a variety of research methods: field-based research, laboratory and field experiments, and agent-based models. However, which research method or approach is best suited to a particular inquiry is frequently debated and discussed. Working Together examines how different methods have promoted various theoretical developments related to collective action and the commons, and demonstrates the importance of cross-fertilization involving multimethod research across traditional boundaries. The authors look at why cross-fertilization is difficult to achieve, and they show ways to overcome these challenges through collaboration. The authors provide numerous examples of collaborative, multimethod research related to collective action and the commons. They examine the pros and cons of case studies, meta-analyses, large-N field research, experiments and modeling, and empirically grounded agent-based models, and they consider how these methods contribute to research on collective action for the management of natural resources. Using their findings, the authors outline a revised theory of collective action that includes three elements: individual decision making, microsituational conditions, and features of the broader social-ecological context. Acknowledging the academic incentives that influence and constrain how research is conducted, Working Together reworks the theory of collective action and offers practical solutions for researchers and students across a spectrum of disciplines.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wissenssoziologie, Wissenschaftssoziologie, Techniksoziologie
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
Weitere Infos & Material
List of Illustrations xiii
List of Tables xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Prologue xxi
Part One: Introduction
Chapter One: Overcoming Methodological Challenges 3
Social Science Debates over the Superiority of Particular Methods 7
Multiple Methods: Promises and Challenges 11
Practical Challenges and Methodological Trade-Offs 14
Technological Development and the Costs of Border Crossing 15
Availability and Accessibility of Data 17
Career Incentives as Methodological Constraints 18
Training 19
Career Incentives and Specialization 20
Our Substantive Focus 21
Interactions between Theory and Methods 23
Multiple Methods and Collaborative Research 23
Practical Constraints on Methodological Choices 23
Career Incentives and Methodological Practice 24
Outline of the Book 24
Part Two: Field Methods
Chapter Two: Small-N Case Studies: Putting the Commons under a Magnifying Glass 31
The Conventional Theory of the Commons 31
The Case Study Method 33
Cases, Case Studies, and Case Study Research 33
Analytical Strengths and Weaknesses 34
Practical Considerations 37
Synthesizing Challenges and Coordinating New Research Efforts 39
Contributions to the Study of the Commons 45
Property Rights and Tenure Security 45
Group Characteristics 52
Resource Characteristics 57
Case Studies as a Foundation 60
Chapter Three: Broadly Comparative Field-Based Research 64
Methodological Practices over Fifteen Years of Research 65
Defining the Units of Analysis 66
Trading Geographic Scope for Numbers? 68
Theoretical Aspirations and Methodological Practices 74
Practical Challenges to Broadly Comparative Field-Based Research 74
Costs of Data Collection 75
Research Design and Sampling 76
The Implications of Data Scarcity and Costliness 78
Meta-Analysis: An Introduction 78
Weighing the Benefits and Costs of Meta-Analysis 81
Coding Strategies and Missing Data 81
Potential Sources of Sample Bias 83
The Choice of Methodological Strategy: Weighing Costs
against Control 86
Chapter Four: Meta-Analysis: Getting the Big Picture through Synthesis 89
Meta-Analysis: A Recapitulation 89
The Common-Pool Resource (CPR) Research Program 90
Defining Variables 92
Compensating for Gaps in Case Materials 93
Contributions 94
Overall Assessment 101
NIIS: A Hybrid Approach 102
Adaptation of the CPR Protocols 103
Measurement and Sampling 104
Contributions 105
Overall Assessment 107
Other Synthetic Studies 107
Additional Examples of Meta-Analysis 108
An Example of Narrative Synthesis 111
Progress and Continuing Challenges 113
Chapter Five: Collaborative Field Studies 115
Collaboration in Field-Based Research, 1990-2004 116
Two Research Partnerships 118
Community-Based Management of Common-Pool
Resources in Tanzania 118
Traditional Management of Artisanal Fisheries in Nigeria 120
Thoughts about Research Partnerships 124
CGIAR: A Global Research Alliance 124
IFRI: An International Research Network 126
Strategies for Data Collection 127
Strategies for Coordination 128
Contributions and Challenges 129
Comparing the Strategies and Drawing Implications 132
Part Three: Models and Experiments in the Laboratory
and the Field
Chapter Six: Experiments in the Laboratory and the Field 141
The Experimental Method 142
Laboratory Experiments of Relevance to the Study of
the Commons 144
Public Goods Experiments 146
Common-Pool Resource Experiments 150
Insights from Public Goods and Common-Pool Resource
Experiments in the Laboratory 153
Face-to-Face Communication in the Laboratory 153
Heterogeneity 156
Sanctioning Experiments 158
Field Experiments 159
Toward a New Generation of Experiments of Commons Dilemmas 163
New Developments in Laboratory Experiments 164
Toward a New Generation of Field Experiments 168
Conclusion 169
Chapter Seven: Agent-Based Models of Collective Action 171
A Brief Introduction to Agent-Based
