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A Grammar of Institutions

Crawford, Sue E. S., Ostrom, Elinor·1995·American Political Science Review

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The institutional grammar introduced here is based on a view that institutions are enduring regularities of human action in situations structured by rules, norms, and shared strategies, as well as by the physical world. The rules, norms, and shared strategies are constituted and reconstituted by human interaction in frequently occurring or repetitive situations. The syntax of the grammar identifies components of institutions and sorts them into three types of institutional statements: rules, norms, and shared strategies. We introduce the grammar, outline methods for operationalizing the syntax, apply the syntax to an analysis of cooperation in collective dilemma situations, and discuss the pragmatics of the grammar for analyses of behavior within complex institutional settings.

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Authors: Crawford, S. E. S., & Ostrom, E.
Affiliations: Creighton University (US)
Venue: American Political Science Review
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published: 1995-09
Volume: 89
Issue: 3
Pages: 582-600
ISSN: 0003-0554 (ISSN-L)
1537-5943
DOI: 10.2307/2082975
OpenAlex: W2037627831
Semantic Scholar: e2582728285ec5ceceeb904176b496cf94a46753
Cited by: 1,362
References: 128
Citations by year: 2026: 59 · 2025: 80 · 2024: 47 · 2023: 72 · 2022: 68 · 2021: 98 · 2020: 101 · 2019: 123 · 2018: 74 · 2017: 49 · 2016: 55 · 2015: 61 · 2014: 55 · 2013: 53 · 2012: 54
FWCI: 12.60
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 6576 d)
Locations: American Political Science Review (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic Theory and Institutions
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
Keywords: institutional grammar, institutions, rules, norms, institutional statements, cooperation, social norms, human interaction

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