Going beyond "it depends:" the role of context in shaping participation in natural resource management

Public participation is increasingly advocated in natural resource management to meet a spectrum of instrumental to normative goals. However, the success of participation in achieving these goals is highly variable, depending on both societal and institutional contexts. Whether participation realise...

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Published in:Ecology and society Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 20
Main Authors: Baker, Susan, Chapin III, F. Stuart
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Ottawa Resilience Alliance 01.01.2018
Subjects:
Citizen participation
Cultural capital
Cultural factors
Delegation
deliberative democracy
Electric power distribution
Hierarchies
inequity
institutional constraints
instrumental values
Interest groups
Natural resource management
Natural resources
normative values
Participation
Policy making
Power
Public participation
Public policy
Resource management
Social capital
Social conditions
Social power
Social structure
social structures
Sociocultural factors
ISSN:1708-3087, 1708-3087
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Summary:Public participation is increasingly advocated in natural resource management to meet a spectrum of instrumental to normative goals. However, the success of participation in achieving these goals is highly variable, depending on both societal and institutional contexts. Whether participation realises its benefits or succumbs to its pitfalls is shaped by dynamic interactions operating among three contextual dimensions: participatory rationales (instrumental to normative), institutional fit of different levels (types) of participation (information delivery to partnership to delegation), and social structures (such as cultural context, social capital, and power distribution). Some levels of participation may support the existing power hierarchy, others benefit organized stakeholder groups and special interests, and still others foster deliberative democratic outcomes. We argue that wise choice of levels of participation in particular contexts shapes the balance of participation’s benefits and pitfalls.
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ISSN:1708-3087
1708-3087
DOI:10.5751/ES-09868-230120