Editing Ronald J. Oakerson

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'''Ronald J. Oakerson''' (born {{abbr|c.|circa}} 1944) is a professor emeritus of [[political science]] and intercultural studies at [[Houghton College]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Political Science Major|url=https://www.houghton.edu/academics/majors-programs/history/political-science-major/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=Houghton College|language=en-US}}</ref> 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|date=July 2020}} and served on the [[American Political Science Association]]'s Task Force on Civic Education for the Next Century.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=March 1999|title=Gazette|journal=PS: Political Science & Politics|volume=32|issue=1|pages=165–172|doi=10.1017/s1049096500049192|issn=1049-0965|doi-access=free}}</ref> [[Elinor Ostrom]] described Oakerson as an important contributor to the [[Institutional analysis and development framework|Institutional Analysis and Development Framework]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Theories of the policy process|date=2007|publisher=Westview Press|others=Sabatier, Paul A.|isbn=978-0-7867-3424-5|edition=2nd|location=Boulder, Colo.|oclc=769189027}}</ref> On the version of the framework Oakerson presented at the ''Proceedings of the Conference on Common Property Resource Management'' at the [[National Research Council (United States)|National Research Council]] in April 1985,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Panel On Common Property Resource Management.|title=Proceedings of the conference on common property resource management.|date=1986|publisher=Nat'L Academy Press|oclc=228123173}}</ref> 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."<ref name=":0" />

Oakerson states, "The purpose of education is to build a bridge between generations, so as to preserve our accomplishments."{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

==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|date=July 2020}}  He has previously taught at [[Marshall University]] and from 1988-92 was a scholar with the [https://ostromworkshop.indiana.edu/ 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 (United States)|National Research Council]] and a coeditor of ''Making the Commons Work: Theory, Practice, and Policy'' (1992).<ref name=":1">Oakerson, R. J. (1992). Analyzing the commons: A framework. ''Making the commons work: Theory, practice and policy'', 41-59.</ref> From 1992-94 he served as the research director for the Program of Research on Market Transitions of the [[United States Agency for International Development|US Agency for International Development]] ([[Cameroon]]).{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

==Writings by Ronald J. Oakerson==

*'Analyzing the Commons: A Framework' in ''Making the commons work: Theory, practice and policy''<ref name=":1" />
*''Governing Local Public Economies: Creating the Civic Metropolis''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Oakerson, Ronald J.|title=Governing local public economies : creating the civic metropolis|date=1999|publisher=ICS Press|oclc=681283869}}</ref>
*''Keepers of the Republic: A Civic View of American Politics{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}''

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.houghton.edu/campus/facultystaff-directory/ron-oakerson/ Website at Houghton College]

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