Guedes, Sebastião Neto Ribeiro [UNESP]de Carvalho, Enéas Gonçalves [UNESP]2018-12-112018-12-112016-07-01Estudos Economicos, v. 46, n. 3, p. 675-699, 2016.0101-4161http://hdl.handle.net/11449/178401The paper has described and analyzed the methodological discussion presented by Elinor Ostrom seeking in it the popperian influence. It focused on the Rationality Principle and Situational analysis concepts trough Popper contributes for Social Sciences methodology. The paper argues that Ostrom recognize the popperian influence and seeks to apply it in her case studies. The paper also shows that the methodology of the author gradually open to a more plural methodological interlocution preserving, despite this, essentials aspects of popperian methodology.675-699porElinor ostromInstitutional economicsMethodology in social scienceSituational analysisArtigo10.1590/0101-416146370sneS0101-41612016000300675Acesso aberto2-s2.0-84994560068S0101-41612016000300675.pdf