Political Science · Public Administration
Vincent Ostrom is a proponent of which theory?
ASocial choice theory
BRational choice theory
CPublic choice theory ✓ Correct
DPeople's choice theory
Correct answer: (C) Public choice theory — Vincent Ostrom is a proponent of public choice theory.
Explanation
★Vincent Ostrom is a proponent of public choice theory.
★Public choice applies economic reasoning to public administration.
★He argued for a democratic, polycentric administration.
★He criticised the single-centre bureaucratic model.
★He stressed self-governance and overlapping units.
★His work shaped the public choice approach in the discipline.
★So the answer is public choice theory.
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