Privileged Access, Privileged Accounts: Toward a Socially Structured Theory of Resources and Discourses

Freudenburg, William R.

doi:10.1353/sof.2005.0096

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“…The principle of disproportionality holds that "inappropriate social behaviors within a particularly vulnerable setting can have a disproportionately large impact on overall environmental functioning of an ecological system" (Nowak et al 2006). That is, behaviors that are inappropriate for a given place and/or time can produce impacts that are substantially higher than they would be at other places and times (Freudenburg 2005;Nowak et al 2006;Nowak and Pierce 2007;Robertson et al 2007). It has long been proposed that farmers who have the most serious natural resource concerns may be less likely to seek conservation assistance (Nielson 1986).…”

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Farmer support for extending Conservation Compliance beyond soil erosion: Evidence from Iowa

Arbuckle¹

2013

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

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Conservation Compliance, which since its inception in 1985 has led to substantial reductions in soil erosion by linking eligibility for some Farm Bill programs to erosion control on highly erodible land, is at a critical juncture. Agricultural economic and budget factors have reduced the effectiveness of compliance incentives, and numerous groups are calling for enhancement of incentives and/or for extension of compliance beyond erosion control to cover concerns such as water quality impairment. This study analyzed survey data measuring Iowa farmers' support for four increasingly stringent Conservation Compliance scenarios ranging from the current configuration to a requirement that all farmers control nutrient runoff regardless of participation in Farm Bill programs. Overall, the results indicate that Iowa farmers have a generally positive view of Conservation Compliance policy, both as currently configured and in potentially more stringent and extensive forms. Farmers with stronger conservationist identities and attitudes were more likely to endorse increasing the scope and stringency of Conservation Compliance, while farmers who expressed greater levels of concern about the property rights implications of government intervention and those with more productivist orientations were less likely to support such policy changes. Taken as a whole, the results suggest that most Iowa farmers think that Conservation Compliance is a good idea, should be continued, and should be extended to more farmers and other resource concerns.

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Farmer support for extending Conservation Compliance beyond soil erosion: Evidence from Iowa

Arbuckle¹

2013

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

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“…Environmental mainstreaming Many environmental problems stem from economic activities in the remit of different government sectors (e.g., agriculture, mining, etc.). Environmental policy integration or mainstreaming across sectors can foster less harmful activities (Dresner 2002, Lafferty and Hovden 2003, Freudenburg 2005, IIED 2007, Wood et al 2007). Public-private financing The collaborative, interdisciplinary, multistakeholder and long-term nature of socioecosystem research and management for sustainable development is an investment for all.…”

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Opportunities and obstacles to socioecosystem-based environmental policy in Mexico: expert opinion at the science-policy interface

Challenger¹,

Córdova²,

Chavero³

et al. 2018

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ABSTRACT. The urgent need to revert the ecological and social equity crises of the current development model and realize the potential of sustainable development has led several disciplines to converge on the socioecosystem concept as the most appropriate theoretical framework for research and public policy. The socioecosystem approach recognizes that social systems are integrated with natural systems and seeks to adaptively comanage socioecosystem coevolution for the sustainable development of both systems. We hypothesize that incorporation of this approach into environmental policy in Mexico could help resolve many of the problems that currently undermine policy effectiveness. To find out to what extent policy professionals might concur with this hypothesis, and what the opportunities and obstacles to implementing socioecosystem-based policy might be, research was conducted to elicit the expert opinion of officials responsible for formulating and implementing environmental policy in Mexico. The principle opportunities consist in the fact that experts intuitively understand the socioecosystem approach, and that most perceive advantages in adopting it because its policy attributes can potentially help to resolve many of the factors they identify as limiting the success of current environmental policies. Obstacles to its adoption include institutional barriers and the vested interests that benefit from the status quo.

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“…Under this normalization, if the orthodox economic perspective supports the development in question, it can become difficult to conceive of the proposed industry development as problematic in and of itself, on the basis of non-economic factors, (McCright and Dunlap 2010:107). It becomes much more "reasonable" to locate the problem in how to manage the fact that some people (place inappropriate weight on non-economic factors and so) believe there is a problem (Davidson and Grant 2012:73; see also Freudenburg 2000Freudenburg , 2005.…”

Section: Journal Of Political Ecologymentioning

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Silences in the boom: coal seam gas, neoliberalizing discourse, and the future of regional Australia

Mercer

Rijke

Dressler³

2014

Journal of Political Ecology

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In high-stakes resource use struggles currently playing out across the world, different beliefs about economics and "growth-first" regional development underpin decisions and dynamics that have far-reaching consequences. Neoliberalizing political economies rely on the maintenance of particular beliefs associated with these themes, and work to delegitimize and silence alternatives. Thus understanding the beliefs of actors concerning these themes, especially with respect to neoliberal ideas, is key to understanding these sociopolitical struggles. This article uses a combination of literature review, critical discourse analysis and selected fieldwork data to explore the recent debate about coal seam gas (CSG) in Eastern Australia. In particular, it examines the ideas that underlie texts produced by CSG production companies, the Queensland Government, and Lock the Gate (a key group opposed to rapid CSG industry expansion). The analysis indicates that with respect to the above themes, Lock the Gate expresses their opposition to CSG through perspectives that mostly depart from those with a key role in maintaining neoliberalizing political economies. In contrast, the Queensland government and CSG companies, despite each encompassing significant internal diversity, have expressed relatively similar and consistent positions, aligned with neoliberalizing ideas. The article problematizes descriptions of the state government as a neutral arbitrator that can restore balance between the beliefs of gas companies and groups like Lock the Gate, and advances consideration of deeper differences. Key Words: coal seam gas, neoliberalizing discourse, regional development, role of government, Queensland RésuméEn luttes «high-stakes» sur l'utilisation des ressources, des croyances différentes sur l'économie et le développement régional sous-tendent les décisions et les dynamiques qui ont de lourdes conséquences. L'économie politique néolibéral reposent sur le maintien de croyances particulières, et il travailler à délégitimer et silencer des alternatives. Ainsi la compréhension des croyances des acteurs sur ces thèmes, en particulier en ce qui concerne les idées néolibérales, est la clé de la compréhension de ces luttes sociopolitiques. Cet article utilise une combinaison de revue de la littérature, l'analyse critique du discours et des données de terrain sélectionnés à explorer le débat récent sur le gaz de couche de charbon (CSG) dans l'Est de l'Australie. En particulier, il examine les idées qui sous-tendent les textes produits par des sociétés de production CSG, le gouvernement du Queensland, et «Verrouiller la porte» (Lock the Gate) (un groupe clé dans opposition à l'expansion de CSG). L'analyse indique que par rapport aux thèmes ci-dessus, «Verrouiller la porte» exprime leur opposition à la CSG par les perspectives qui partent la plupart de ceux qui soutiennent néolibéral économies politiques. ResumenEn conflictos sobre el uso de recursos de alto riesgo, los cuales se está produciendo hoy en día en todo el mundo, diferen...

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Privileged Access, Privileged Accounts: Toward a Socially Structured Theory of Resources and Discourses

Cited by 169 publications

References 70 publications

Farmer support for extending Conservation Compliance beyond soil erosion: Evidence from Iowa

Farmer support for extending Conservation Compliance beyond soil erosion: Evidence from Iowa

Opportunities and obstacles to socioecosystem-based environmental policy in Mexico: expert opinion at the science-policy interface

Silences in the boom: coal seam gas, neoliberalizing discourse, and the future of regional Australia

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