ASB 394 Rules, Games and Society
Spring 2008
Professors: Marco Janssen and
Amber Wutich
TuTh 9:15AM -
10:30AM
Location: Agricultural Building 113
Course content
This course will equip students with concepts and practical
tools to study the relation between groups of people and their common
resources. Students are gradually introduced to methods to identify the
diversity of institutional arrangements and analyze their effectiveness.
Examples of topics covered include sports, digital commons,
environmental management, and urban environments.
Required book
Elinor Ostrom (1990) Governing the Commons: The
Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action, Cambridge
University Press
Center for
the Study of Institutional Diversity
