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

Baker, Susan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5616-4157 and Chapin III, F. Stuart 2018. Going beyond 'it depends:' the role of context in shaping participation in natural resource management. Ecology and Society 23 (1) , 20. 10.5751/ES-09868-230120

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Publisher:	Resilience Alliance
ISSN:	1708-3087
Funders:	Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning, Formas
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	16 January 2018
Date of Acceptance:	5 December 2017
Last Modified:	05 May 2023 19:36
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/108216

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