Chapter 4 - Analyzing natural resource governance with the social-ecological systems framework. In: Governing Renewable Natural Resources - Theories and Frameworks
Stefan Partelow
Abstract
This chapter provides a brief history of scholarship leading to the social-ecological systems framework (SESF) developed by political economist Elinor Ostrom and commons scholars. The introduction provides a background on rational choice theory, natural resource sustainability challenges, and assumptions within Garret Hardin’s ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ shaping the development of the SESF. Collective action theory, the theoretical base of the SESF, is briefly outlined, followed by a description of the variables in the SESF and its use as an academic tool. A case study applying the SESF is provided, showing how it can be used as an analytical tool for natural resource governance. The case examines a mangrove crab fishery in the rural coastal city of Bragança, Brazil. The Brazilian Marine Extractive Reserve (RESEX) program gives common property and co-management rights back to local and indigenous natural resource users. The goal is to empower and bring local communities into national development processes while simultaneously stewarding biodiversity conservation. However, RESEX co-management in Bragança faces governance challenges. This chapter shows how CAT and the SESF are useful tools for analyzing and diagnosing why. This chapter then briefly discusses some benefits, challenges, and criticisms of the SESF.
Partelow S. (2019) Chapter 4 - Analyzing natural resource governance with the social-ecological systems framework. In: Nunan F. (ed.). Governing Renewable Natural Resources - Theories and Frameworks (pp. 65-93) London: Routledge. 10.4324/9780429053009-4
@inbook{Partelow2019,
Title = {Chapter 4 - Analyzing natural resource governance with the social-ecological systems framework},
Author = {Partelow, Stefan},
Editor = {Nunan, F.},
Year = {2019},
Pages = {65-93},
Doi = {10.4324/9780429053009-4},
Isbn = {9780429053009},
Publisher = {Routledge},
Booktitle = {Governing Renewable Natural Resources - Theories and Frameworks},
Abstract = {This chapter provides a brief history of scholarship leading to the social-ecological systems framework (SESF) developed by political economist Elinor Ostrom and commons scholars. The introduction provides a background on rational choice theory, natural resource sustainability challenges, and assumptions within Garret Hardin’s ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ shaping the development of the SESF. Collective action theory, the theoretical base of the SESF, is briefly outlined, followed by a description of the variables in the SESF and its use as an academic tool. A case study applying the SESF is provided, showing how it can be used as an analytical tool for natural resource governance. The case examines a mangrove crab fishery in the rural coastal city of Bragança, Brazil. The Brazilian Marine Extractive Reserve (RESEX) program gives common property and co-management rights back to local and indigenous natural resource users. The goal is to empower and bring local communities into national development processes while simultaneously stewarding biodiversity conservation. However, RESEX co-management in Bragança faces governance challenges. This chapter shows how CAT and the SESF are useful tools for analyzing and diagnosing why. This chapter then briefly discusses some benefits, challenges, and criticisms of the SESF.},
}
TY - CHAP
AU - Partelow, Stefan
ED - Nunan, Fiona
TI - Chapter 4 - Analyzing natural resource governance with the social-ecological systems framework
PY - 2019
SP - 65-93
DO - 10.4324/9780429053009-4
SN - 9780429053009
PB - Routledge
BT - Governing Renewable Natural Resources - Theories and Frameworks
AB - This chapter provides a brief history of scholarship leading to the social-ecological systems framework (SESF) developed by political economist Elinor Ostrom and commons scholars. The introduction provides a background on rational choice theory, natural resource sustainability challenges, and assumptions within Garret Hardin’s ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ shaping the development of the SESF. Collective action theory, the theoretical base of the SESF, is briefly outlined, followed by a description of the variables in the SESF and its use as an academic tool. A case study applying the SESF is provided, showing how it can be used as an analytical tool for natural resource governance. The case examines a mangrove crab fishery in the rural coastal city of Bragança, Brazil. The Brazilian Marine Extractive Reserve (RESEX) program gives common property and co-management rights back to local and indigenous natural resource users. The goal is to empower and bring local communities into national development processes while simultaneously stewarding biodiversity conservation. However, RESEX co-management in Bragança faces governance challenges. This chapter shows how CAT and the SESF are useful tools for analyzing and diagnosing why. This chapter then briefly discusses some benefits, challenges, and criticisms of the SESF.
ER -
