Social Capital and the Environment

Pretty, Jules; Ward, Hugh

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“…This literature has shown that when self-organised communities manage to develop their own institutional arrangements to regulate the use of common pool resources (CPRs, such as forests) they often outperform government or market solutions to unsustainable commons governance (e.g. Van Laerhoven, 2010;Pretty and Ward, 2001;Ostrom, 1990;Poteete and Ostrom, 2004;Sunderlin et al, 2005). It is largely comprised of theoretical and empirical studies exploring the critical conditions under which communities are able to selforganise and develop durable community institutions.…”

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Making it last? Analysing the role of NGO interventions in the development of institutions for durable collective action in Indian community forestry

Barnes

Laerhoven

2015

Environmental Science & Policy

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Institutional design India a b s t r a c tCommons scholarship seems preoccupied with self-governance. It focuses on showing that common pool resource (CPR) appropriators do not always need outsider-assistance in order to stay clear of the tragedy of the commons. However, at the same time we observe the presence of a large number of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that consider community organisation -i.e. the organisation of collective action in community institutions -their core business. In this research we firstly develop and apply a framework to analyse the activities of 20 NGOs in India and compare these to indicators for collective action in a community-led CPR governance context, derived from the commons literature. Secondly, we assess variation in NGOs' approaches to institutional change, by developing and applying a typology that distinguishes between (i) perspectives that see institutional change as predominantly determined by structure (institutional design) or agency (institutional crafting), respectively, and between (ii) perspectives that perceive institutions as either subjective or objective to the institutional change agent, respectively. Our results show that NGOs do not get involved in activities aimed at influencing functioning collective action such as crafting or designing rules. They do involve themselves in activities aimed at strengthening durable collective action such as forest management trainings. Furthermore, all NGOs show a predominantly subjective approach to institutional change. Their long-term focus puts the communities themselves firmly in the institutional change agent position. The results along the design-crafting dimension show more diversity and dynamicity. Eight NGOs in our sample take a strong institutional crafting approach to their work, whereas only three focus predominantly on institutional design and nine show elements of both crafting and designing. The majority of the NGOs highlighted how their approach can change depending on the stage in the intervention. Our results highlight the dynamic and diverse institutional settings the NGOs operate in which both moderates their approach to institutional change and determines their choice of specific activities.

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“…the organisation of collective action in community institutions -their core business (Mitra and Patnaik, 1997;Chomitz et al, 2007;Pretty and Ward, 2001). Some initial studies suggest that the presence of NGOs can have a positive effect on the success of community institutions (e.g.…”

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Making it last? Analysing the role of NGO interventions in the development of institutions for durable collective action in Indian community forestry

Barnes

Laerhoven

2015

Environmental Science & Policy

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“…La pregunta orientadora es: ¿cómo el nivel de capital social de las organizaciones participantes en una red de manejo permite explicar los distintos niveles de éxito en el sistema? Esta aproximación reviste especial interés considerando que múltiples estudios (Pretty y Ward, 2001;Grafton, 2005; Gutiérrez y otros, 2011) han identificado el capital social como un factor crítico en el desempeño de organizaciones y actores locales sobre el manejo de recursos naturales renovables.…”

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“…Pero la promesa central del capital social común a todas las definiciones es que la inversión de las personas y colectivos en relaciones sociales se verá retribuida en otras formas de capital y en el consecuente aumento en sus oportunidades y capacidades para lograr sus metas (Portes, 1998). Esta hipótesis se ha hecho extensiva también al ámbito del manejo de los recursos naturales y la sustentabilidad ambiental (Pretty y Ward, 2001;Ballet, Sirven y Requiers-Desjardins, 2007). En consecuencia, mayores niveles de capital social (conectividad) estarían asociados a un mejor desempeño en el manejo de sistemas socioecológicos.…”

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2012

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“…A ingerência governamental se dá, comumente, devido a uma mal-entendida presunção de inexistência ou inadequado manejo dos recursos naturais por parte das comunidades locais (HIMMELFARB, 2006;WARD, 2001). O Estado precisa de tais premissas para justificar a expulsão das populações do local.…”

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O PETAR e os modos de vida dos moradores do Bairro Ribeirão dos Camargo

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Social Capital and the Environment

Cited by 1,304 publications

References 28 publications

Making it last? Analysing the role of NGO interventions in the development of institutions for durable collective action in Indian community forestry

Making it last? Analysing the role of NGO interventions in the development of institutions for durable collective action in Indian community forestry

CUHSO 22-1 Completo

O PETAR e os modos de vida dos moradores do Bairro Ribeirão dos Camargo

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