Situated legitimacy: Deliberative arenas and the new rural governance

Connelly, Stephen; Richardson, Tim; Miles, T. R.

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2005.11.008

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“…On closer inspection, co-evolution is apparent in the development, promotion and continuation of sustainable tourism activities in protected areas. Co-evolution also provided a perspective that saw the combination of a path dependent and path creating trajectory within a tourism institution, rather than separate distinct categories as noted in other studies [11], [12], [18].…”

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Co-Evolution, Sustainable Tourism and Protected Areas

Mellon

2018

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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This paper explores the concept of co-evolution and its role in achieving a greater understanding of sustainable tourism in the context of protected areas. Adopting a co-evolutionary perspective has potential to be a fertile ground for studying governance and policy of Sustainable Development. In the context of protected areas where social and ecological systems run parallel with each other, and where Sustainable Development has become a key objective, co-evolutionary development may be expected. Therefore, this exploration of sustainable tourism policy and governance in a protected area through a co-evolutionary lens uncovers a wide range of linkages and relationships to other policies, internal and external influences and the protected area's historical context. The paper reveals how sustainable tourism policies in the Lake District National Park, England, developed incrementally and gradually over a period of 20 years and were often reformulated and reframed during this time scale. Similarly, the paper also discusses findings from research within the Peak District National Park Authority, England which reveal how drivers for sustainable tourism increased greater partnership working and how policies for sustainable development and sustainable tourism "co-evolved" during the studied period. The paper draws attention to the value of adopting a co-evolutionary approach to sustainable tourism research, particularly if institutions are operating in an environment where the ability to learn and understand the complexity of sustainable tourism and can contribute to their wider goals of Sustainable Development.

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“…Second, observation took place by attending several Forum meetings and Steering Group meetings. Third, use was made of academic studies by Tim Richardson on the early work of the two organisations, studies that used interviews, internal documents and observation of meetings to examine issues of consultative democracy [18]- [21].…”

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Co-Evolution, Sustainable Tourism and Protected Areas

Mellon

2018

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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“…First, as Reus-Smit (2007, 159) held, politics is essential to the cultivation and maintenance of the legitimacy of an institution. He directed attention to moments where the legitimacy of an institution could no longer be taken for granted, but was challenged and had to be justified (Connelly et al 2006). This reflexive element characterizes the emergence of an expert organization at the international level that faces a normative and institutional void, a lack of shared norms and rules according to which (legitimate) decisions should be made (Hajer 2009, 34).…”

Section: International Expert Organizations and The Politics Of Legitmentioning

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Stakeholder Engagement in the Making: IPBES Legitimization Politics

Esguerra¹,

Beck²,

Lidskog³

2017

Global Environmental Politics

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A growing number of expert organizations aim to provide knowledge for global environmental policy-making. Recently, there have also been explicit calls for stakeholder engagement at the global level to make scientific knowledge relevant and usable on the ground. The newly established Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is one of the first international expert organizations to have systematically developed a strategy for stakeholder engagement in its own right. In this article, we analyze the emergence of this strategy. Employing the concept "politics of legitimation," we examine how and for what reasons stakeholder engagement was introduced, justified, and finally endorsed, as well as its effects. The article explores the process of institutionalizing stakeholder engagement, as well as reconstructing the contestation of the operative norms (membership, tasks, and accountability) regulating the rules for this engagement. We conclude by discussing the broader importance of the findings for IPBES, as well as for international expert organizations in general.

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“…Governance arenas are places where discussions or deliberation among stakeholders take place to reach a consensus to solve conflicts (Connelly, Richardson, and Miles 2006). Arenas comprise forums and project groups.…”

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Using social network analysis to understand actor participation and influence on sustainable management of Rugezi wetland, Rwanda

Sylvère¹,

Emmanuel²

2017

RWJour

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Wetlands provide essential goods and services to sustain human well-being. Sustainable management of wetland is complex due competing interests and require the participation of different actors. However, there is little attention on systematic analysis of actor participation in wetland management. This paper uses Social Network Analysis (SNA) approach to analyse how actors with different interests, resources, and perceptions participate in governance arenas to influence the management of Rugezi Wetland. SNA centrality scores show that government organisations and one NGO HELPAGE occupy central positions in the network whereas Community Based Organisations occupy peripheral positions. Mann-Witney U Test shows that these central actors are able to advance their agenda incorporated in perceptions and interests on erosion control, decentralisation and local economic development, issues of illegal use of resources and lack of funds to implement livelihoods opportunities for households which depend on the use of the wetland resources. Peripheral actors advocate issues of compensation and land grabbing from buffer zone establishment and wetland resources uses for livelihoods, but are unable to influence the central actors's agenda. SNA E-I Index reveals that government organisations are more cohesive and able to form strong ties with donors to advance their agenda through political authority resource than NGOs and CBOs. In contrast, peripheral actors, mainly CBOs are less cohesive and more tied to NGOs and local government organisations through labour provision resource in the implementation of interventions. There is a trade-off between level participation and influence among actors that can be addressed through the establishment of a coordination body able to reduce the influence of state organisations and permit CBOs and NGOs to access to different resources such as funds and expertise.

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Situated legitimacy: Deliberative arenas and the new rural governance

Cited by 96 publications

References 26 publications

Co-Evolution, Sustainable Tourism and Protected Areas

Co-Evolution, Sustainable Tourism and Protected Areas

Stakeholder Engagement in the Making: IPBES Legitimization Politics

Using social network analysis to understand actor participation and influence on sustainable management of Rugezi wetland, Rwanda

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