Comments on: On the connection between individual and social transformation http://www.mollusc.org/wordpress/individual-and-social-transformation/ "If a man thinks that a woman who can ride broncs is too much for him, he's probably right." Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:34:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: lev http://www.mollusc.org/wordpress/individual-and-social-transformation/comment-page-1/#comment-75004 lev Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:42:52 +0000 http://www.mollusc.org/wordpress/?p=230#comment-75004 Hey, Jeremy. Dichotomous thinking, indeed. We're only just beginning to see what the role of the individual as a protagonist in development might mean. We've got a ways to go before the role of the institutions begins to emerge. But it's useful to remember that social institutions exist at all levels of society. Elinor Ostrom won the Nobel Prize in Economics this year for her work on social institutions, and the role they play in protecting common-pool resources. Maybe local and regional social institutions have a role to play in regulating greenhouse gas reduction, above and beyond any market-vs-government dichotomies. Hey, Jeremy. Dichotomous thinking, indeed.

We’re only just beginning to see what the role of the individual as a protagonist in development might mean. We’ve got a ways to go before the role of the institutions begins to emerge. But it’s useful to remember that social institutions exist at all levels of society. Elinor Ostrom won the Nobel Prize in Economics this year for her work on social institutions, and the role they play in protecting common-pool resources. Maybe local and regional social institutions have a role to play in regulating greenhouse gas reduction, above and beyond any market-vs-government dichotomies.

]]> By: Jeremy Lambshead http://www.mollusc.org/wordpress/individual-and-social-transformation/comment-page-1/#comment-74987 Jeremy Lambshead Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:29:42 +0000 http://www.mollusc.org/wordpress/?p=230#comment-74987 Thank you for this post. It can be easy to oscillate between extremes of individual growth and collective transformation, or to assume that one is sufficient without the other. Another dichotomous thinking trap! Thanks for the reminder of their necessary collaboration and interdependence. Thank you for this post. It can be easy to oscillate between extremes of individual growth and collective transformation, or to assume that one is sufficient without the other. Another dichotomous thinking trap! Thanks for the reminder of their necessary collaboration and interdependence.

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