The relevance of epistemic analysis to sustainability economics and the capability approach

Birkin, Frank; Polesie, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.02.005

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“…The crossing between the capability approach and environmental sustainability has been the subject of analysis in recent years (e.g., Ballet et al 2011;Ballet et al 2013;Birkin and Polesie 2013;Lessman and Rauschmayer 2013;Martins 2011Martins , 2013Pelenc et al 2013;Scerri 2012;Sen 2013), but no one has yet specified their contribution toward the issues of natural resource management, which is exactly what we are trying to do in this article.…”

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Cultural Heterogeneity, Inequalities, Power, and the Management of Natural Resources: How the Capability Approach Contributes to the Debate

Ballet

Bazin

Koffi³

et al. 2015

Society & Natural Resources

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Cultural heterogeneity is considered to be a plausible explanatory factor in the management of natural resources. We show that the capability approach can nuance this argument. By contextualizing the role of cultural heterogeneity, arguing that inequalities of opportunity often take precedence over cultural differences, we show how the capability approach modifies the role of this factor. We then underline that cultural heterogenity is often a mask for differences in opportunities based on three dimensions of power: strategic power, institutional power, and domination power.Keywords community-based natural resource management, equity and sustainability, human behavior in the environment, inequalities, parks and protected areas Management of natural resources with local communities has been promoted as a goal for pursuing nature conservation and socioeconomic development. Nevertheless, Kellert et al. (2010) underline that despite sincere attempts, serious deficiencies are frequent. Many factors play a role in the capacity of communities to manage resources in a sustainable manner. As Poteete and Ostrom (2004) point out, some degree of consensus has been forged around all the variables that facilitate the joint management of resources, but the question of heterogeneity of the community group remains very problematic. Baland and Platteau (1999) vigorously advocated the role of cultural inequalities, but also of the inequalities that result from differences in economic

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Cultural Heterogeneity, Inequalities, Power, and the Management of Natural Resources: How the Capability Approach Contributes to the Debate

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Bazin

Koffi³

et al. 2015

Society & Natural Resources

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“…While 179 in their reasoning, ecological economics hints at the emerging episteme, sustainability economics is 180 still rooted in the Modern episteme, since it is an economic (and monodisciplinary) research 181 program. Birkin and Polesie (2013) see potential improvements through epistemic analysis in both 182 sustainability economics and the capability approach: "But if we are to use the capability approach to 183 develop sustainability economics, it is insufficient to focus only upon people. We need also to 184 incorporate the natural world" (p.151).…”

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“…The emerging episteme, so their argumentation, can connect 185 the natural world and the capability approach. In a more general way, Birkin and Polesie (2013) say 186 that epistemic analysis "may be usefully applied to identifying the epistemological causes of 187 unsustainable development in the Modern episteme" (ibid.). 188…”

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“…176 Birkin and Polesie (2013) introduce epistemic analysis as a tool for further theorizing sustainability 177 economics and the capability approach. Following Foucault's classification of three epistemes -the 178…”

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“…An even more interdisciplinary approach is characterized by ecological economics 320 (Baumgärtner et al, 2008). Birkin and Polesie (2013), for example, argue for a pluridisciplinary 321 approach, also Söderbaum (2011) …”

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Unraveling the veil of fuzziness: A thick description of sustainability economics

Remig

2015

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Abstract:This article provides a thick description of sustainability economics. Baumgärtner and Quaas (2010a, b) have proposed as an alternative to ecological economics the new field of sustainability economics, which has triggered various replies. The purpose here is to order and to review these contributions. Building upon a literature review of sustainability economics, the paper argues that the concept currently has more of a fuzzy and declamatory character. The rhetoric (McCloskey, 1998) of sustainability economics contains general issues of sustainability economics, externalities and the capability approach. The article argues that it is currently not clear how the solutions for science and policy proposed by sustainability economics differ from those of ecological economics. Efforts should be directed towards further development of the theory and the operationalization of sustainability principles. The systemic view of co-evolutionary development, social learning and sustainability economics' normative underpinning merits more consideration in the debate about sustainability economics.

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Natural Resource Use, Institutions, and Green Ergonomics

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Herath

2018

Ergonomics and Human Factors for a Sustainable Future

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The relevance of epistemic analysis to sustainability economics and the capability approach

Cited by 22 publications

References 25 publications

Cultural Heterogeneity, Inequalities, Power, and the Management of Natural Resources: How the Capability Approach Contributes to the Debate

Cultural Heterogeneity, Inequalities, Power, and the Management of Natural Resources: How the Capability Approach Contributes to the Debate

Unraveling the veil of fuzziness: A thick description of sustainability economics

Natural Resource Use, Institutions, and Green Ergonomics

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