Participation in Multiple Decision Making Water Governance Forums in Brazil Enhances Actors’ Perceived Level of Influence

García, María Mancilla; Bodin, Örjan

doi:10.1111/psj.12297

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“…They find that actors who benefit from participation in one CGR are more likely to benefit from participation in other CGRs, which they see as an indication that participation can actually deepen existing imbalances rather than distribute benefits more equitably. These findings go in line with those reported by Mancilla García and Bodin (2018). In their study of the management of the Paraíba do Sul river, in Brazil, they show that higher levels of participation in multiple forums partially explains how actors gain influence in the governance system.…”

Section: Empirical Research On the Egtsupporting

confidence: 93%

The Ecology of Games as a Theory of Polycentricity: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

Berardo

Lubell

2019

Policy Studies Journal

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The Ecology of Games approach to examining complex governance systems in democratic societies has been recently refurbished to infuse renewed vitality in the analysis of institutions and collective action in polycentric governance systems. This opening article to the special issue on the Ecology of Games Theory (EGT) will discuss the main component elements of the theory, as well as recently produced empirical advances that test and extend it. The article is structured in three sections. The first section describes the EGT as a theory of polycentricity and explains why it is critical to study both the structure and function of polycentric governance systems, including collaboration among policy stakeholders, learning about problems, and equitably distributing the resources generated by policy interactions. The second section reviews empirical evidence that examine structure and function in polycentric systems, including their coevolution. Finally, the third section will provide insights on future research needs to strengthen this newly developed theory of polycentricity.

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Section: Empirical Research On the Egtsupporting

confidence: 93%

The Ecology of Games as a Theory of Polycentricity: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

Berardo

Lubell

2019

Policy Studies Journal

108

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“…From this perspective, policy institutions can serve as boundary organizations, and facilitate, enable and regulate relations between internal actors. This finding is in accordance with many empirical studies using the EGF [10][11][12][13][14][15], which recognizes that policy institutions actually perform as coordinators in decision-making among multiple actors. Apart from internal actors' coordination, our empirical evidence shows positive externalities between policy institutions.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…The extant studies on policy institution largely focus on the coordinative mechanisms of multiple actors within one single institution or the pattern of actor interactions within a specific regional project [5][6][7][8][9]. Only a few studies have tried to understand how different policy institutions are interlinked and mutually affected to influence policy outcomes [10][11][12]. In this article, we follow in the opinion that the policy institutions that exist at a particular time and place may generate interdependent effects and combine to define the complex institutional system of environmental governance.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Coordinative Mechanisms for Environmental Governance in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: An Ecology of Games Framework

Zhou

2019

Sustainability

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To solve regional environmental problems, there is a trend of establishing urban agglomerations and formulating cooperative policy institutions in China. The extant studies on policy institutions largely focus on the coordinative mechanisms of multiple actors within one single institution. Only a few studies have tried to understand how different policy institutions are interlinked and mutually affected to influence actors’ decisions and problem resolutions. This article applies a network-based analytical approach and adopts the Ecology of Games Framework to explore how regional environmental governance is coordinated in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It was found that coordinative mechanisms in regional environmental governance can happen around three elements: policy institutions, policy actors, and policy issues. Policy institutions tend to serve as an umbrella for many diverse and interdependent activities and actors within individual institutions. Additionally, positive externalities emerging between different policy institutions perform as coordinators across institutions. For actors, state-level actors usually play as facilitators of policy institutions while they are not active in participating in policy games in later phases; it is regional actors, particularly from Guangdong, that are active in the operation of policy institutions. For policy issues, they emerge because they are often tied with each other, and some of them play as the common ground for seemly separating policy institutions.

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“…Apart from biophysical conditions, power asymmetries also affect how development programs are implemented in Tajuk. García & Bodin (2019) suggested that participation in various forums is the key to influence decision-making in water governance. Pulihan has become more robust due to several local political elites residing there.…”

Section: Inequalitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Inequality and transaction costs in a community-based water supply in rural area adjacent to national park

Istiyani

Shohibuddin

2021

JSeD

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National parks can be sensitive state-property areas since the surrounding communities generally need the parks' resources for their livelihood. This paper focuses on inequality and transaction costs in PAMSIMAS (Community-Based Water Supply and Sanitation), a water sector program in Indonesia’s rural and peri-urban areas. The method used is a case study of PAMSIMAS in Tajuk, a village adjacent to Mount Merbabu National Park in Semarang Regency, Central Java. The data were gathered from documentary studies, in-depth interviews, and observations, and were analyzed using transaction cost economics and institutional analysis. This study found that the rules of PAMSIMAS, especially water pricing mechanisms, enhanced water availability but could not diminish the uncertainty of water access and transaction costs born by water users. Inequalities of endowment, power, and information among the hamlets affected how PAMSIMAS was run. Mobilization of water resources is related to property rights, which should be well-defined. Still, there was an overlapping property institution of Mount Merbabu National Park forest and its water resources; thus, the water user groups had to bear different transaction costs. The study provides suggestions for providing broader 'rules of the game' in rural water management, recognizing local conditions and prospects, acknowledging community rights to resources, and developing inclusive community participation.JEL Classification D23; P48; Q15

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Participation in Multiple Decision Making Water Governance Forums in Brazil Enhances Actors’ Perceived Level of Influence

Cited by 35 publications

References 50 publications

The Ecology of Games as a Theory of Polycentricity: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

The Ecology of Games as a Theory of Polycentricity: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

Exploring Coordinative Mechanisms for Environmental Governance in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: An Ecology of Games Framework

Inequality and transaction costs in a community-based water supply in rural area adjacent to national park

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