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 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."

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. 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).

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

References

  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.
  3. 1 2 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.
  5. 1 2 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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