| dc.contributor.author |
Epstein, Graham |
|
| dc.contributor.author |
Bennett, Abigail |
|
| dc.contributor.author |
Gruby, Rebecca |
|
| dc.contributor.author |
Acton, Leslie |
|
| dc.contributor.author |
Nenadovic, Mateja |
|
| dc.date.accessioned |
2014-06-11T15:46:41Z |
|
| dc.date.available |
2014-06-11T15:46:41Z |
|
| dc.date.issued |
2014 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/10535/9401 |
|
| dc.description.abstract |
"A long-standing divide exists among social scientists regarding power and its effects on the
sustainability of social-ecological systems (SESs). In some disciplines, such as political ecology,
power is given a place of prominence and seen as having a significant impact on socialecological
processes and outcomes. In contrast commons theory, a new institutionalist strand of
environmental research, deliberately sidelines power to focus on the relationship between
institutions and sustainability. Historically, there has been little constructive interaction between
these power-centered and institution-centered approaches. Therefore we apply the SES
framework, a tool explicitly designed to confront interdisciplinary puzzles, to ask whether it can
be used to bridge the gap between these two traditions of social-ecological research. The chapter
outlines a systematic approach to integrate diverse conceptualizations of power with the SES
framework and then applies this to study the relationship between power and social-ecological
outcomes. The analysis suggests that the SES framework is a promising tool for social science
integration, but also that important questions remain concerning the validity of classifications,
measurement, and statistical tests. We conclude with a call for greater interdisciplinary attention
to questions of power with the SES framework to better understand its normative and positive
implications for sustainable and equitable governance of SESs." |
en_US |
| dc.language |
English |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
social-ecological systems |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
institutional analysis |
en_US |
| dc.title |
Studying Power with the Social-Ecological System Framework |
en_US |
| dc.type |
Conference Paper |
en_US |
| dc.type.published |
unpublished |
en_US |
| dc.type.methodology |
Case Study |
en_US |
| dc.subject.sector |
General & Multiple Resources |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationconference |
Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop 5 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationconfdates |
June 18-21, 2014 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationconfloc |
Indiana University, Bloomington |
en_US |