“The man, the administration and the counter-discourse”: An analysis of the sudden turn in Dutch nature conservation policy

Buijs, Arjen; Mattijssen, T.J.M.; Arts, B.J.M.

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.01.010

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“…The varied extent of institutionalization of MRV and the manifestation of factors for discourse institutionalization in Indonesia and Tanzania and not Peru not only affirms the centrality of these factors in facilitating discourse institutionalization as DI claims (Buijs et al, 2014;Phillips et al, 2004;Schmidt, 2008) but also offers useful lessons for other countries grappling with how to implement MRV. First, as the Indonesian and Tanzanian cases indicate, it is imperative that national policy discussions on MRV are initiated when the issue is not only existential and timely but also resonates with a larger and concerned audience.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…A third related lesson relates to the use of an inclusive and appealing storyline (Buijs et al, 2014;Phillips et al, 2004;Schmidt, 2001). In Indonesia and Tanzania, lead government agencies used the popular and attractive ideas in MRV such as that of involving local communities and NGOs strategically to generate broader acceptance of proposed strategies.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To comprehensively conceptualize institutional arrangements, and grasp the mechanism by which institutionalization occurs, and what institutional change entails, I use the policy arrangement approach (PAA). This approach has been used by many others (Arts and Buizer, 2009;Buijs et al, 2014;den Besten et al, 2014) to operationalize institutional arrangements.…”

Section: Discursive Institutionalism: a Theory Of Discourses And Instmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…DI has been used in various fields to analyse how new ideas and the discourses through which they are generated and exchanged influence institutions. Buijs et al (2014), for example, show how counter discourses and ideas on Dutch nature policy undermined existing institutions and materialized in A policy arrangement refers to the way a certain policy domain such as national forest monitoring is shaped in terms of policy discourses, actors, resources and rules (Arts and van Tatenhove, 2006;Liefferink, 2006a;Wiering and Arts, 2006). Policy discourses are the discursive processes of policymaking as discussed above.…”

Section: Theoretical Framework: Discursive Institutionalismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Resources are the tools, technologies, budgets and skills that actors can mobilize to achieve their Of course, not all (new) ideas and discourses subsequently institutionalize during policymaking (Arts and Buizer, 2009;Crespy and Schmidt, 2014;Phillips et al, 2004;Schmidt, 2008;Schmidt, 2010;Schmidt and Radaelli, 2004 (Arts and Buizer, 2009;Schmidt, 2008;Schmidt, 2010), Buijs et al (2014) have condensed these factors into five. These authors hold that for new discourses and ideas to materialize in new institutions: (a) the new discourse and ideas must cover 'existential' and 'timely' topic, and resonate with a larger and concerned audience; (b) they must be credible and coherent to that audience; (c) they must be carried and advocated by authoritative and sentient agents; (d) they must take the form of popular genres or storylines i.e.…”

Section: Theoretical Framework: Discursive Institutionalismmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“The man, the administration and the counter-discourse”: An analysis of the sudden turn in Dutch nature conservation policy

Cited by 66 publications

References 39 publications

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The effects of policy discourse on the governance of deforestation and forest degradation reduction in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

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