Journal article
Emergence of Collaborative Environmental Governance: What are the Causal Mechanisms?
Environmental Management, Vol.63(1), pp.16-31
2019
Abstract
Conflict in environmental governance is common, and bringing together stakeholders with diverse perspectives in situations of conflict is extremely difficult. However, case studies of how diverse stakeholders form self-organized coalitions under these circumstances exist and provide invaluable opportunities to understand the causal mechanisms that operate in the process. We focus on the case of the Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve nomination process, which unfolded over several years and moved the region from a series of serious conflicts to one where stakeholders came together to support a Biosphere Reserve nomination. Causal mechanisms identified from the literature and considered most relevant to the case were confirmed in it, using an 'explaining outcomes' process tracing methodology. Perceived severity of the problem, institutional emulation, and institutional entrepreneurship all played an important role in the coalition-building process. The fear of marginalization was identified as a potential causal mechanism that requires further study. The findings here contribute to filling an important gap in the literature related to causal mechanisms for self-organized coalition-building under conflict, and contribute to practice with important considerations when building a coalition for natural resource management and governance.
Details
- Title
- Emergence of Collaborative Environmental Governance: What are the Causal Mechanisms?
- Authors
- Julia Baird (Corresponding Author) - Brock UniversityL Schultz (Author) - Stockholm UniversityRyan Plummer (Author) - Brock UniversityD Armitage (Author) - University of WaterlooÖ Bodin (Author) - Stockholm University
- Publication details
- Environmental Management, Vol.63(1), pp.16-31
- Publisher
- Springer New York LLC
- Date published
- 2019
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00267-018-1105-7
- ISSN
- 0364-152X
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450670202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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