New Perspective in Institutional Analysis: The Legal-Institutional Analysis Model (LIAM)

摘要

The Legal-Institutional Analysis Model (LIAM) helps an analyst to: (1) Develop a better understanding of the biases of the decision making process through which resource decisions are typically made; (2) Predict the behavioral patterns which are likely to emerge among organizations in a given conflict; (3) Examine the power differentials among those organizations; and (4) Develop more effective negotiation strategies for the resolution of instream flow and other water resource conflicts. The model is based upon a synthesis of various social science research concepts, which were themselves developed as part of the continuing effort to understand and explain decision making in the United States. The model allows the user to systematically analyze the political aspects of an agency's ability to achieve its goals in a project negotiation.