A Theory of Transformative Agency in Linked Social-Ecological Systems

dc.contributor.authorWestley, Frances R.
dc.contributor.authorTjornbo, Ola
dc.contributor.authorSchultz, Lisen
dc.contributor.authorOlsson, Per
dc.contributor.authorFolke, Carl
dc.contributor.authorCrona, Beatrice
dc.contributor.authorBodin, Örjan
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-08T14:31:37Z
dc.date.available2013-11-08T14:31:37Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstract"We reviewed the literature on leadership in linked social-ecological systems and combined it with the literature on institutional entrepreneurship in complex adaptive systems to develop a new theory of transformative agency in linked social-ecological systems. Although there is evidence of the importance of strategic agency in introducing innovation and transforming approaches to management and governance of such systems, there is no coherent theory to explain the wide diversity of strategies identified. Using Hollings adaptive cycle as a model of phases present in innovation and transformation of resilient social-ecological systems, overlaid by Dorados model of opportunity context (opaque, hazy, transparent) in complex adaptive systems, we propose a more coherent theory of strategic agency, which links particular strategies, on the part of transformative agents, to phases of system change."en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournalEcology and Societyen_US
dc.identifier.citationmonthSeptemberen_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber3en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume18en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/9134
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subjectinstitutional analysisen_US
dc.subjectinnovationen_US
dc.subjectsocial-ecological systemsen_US
dc.subject.sectorGeneral & Multiple Resourcesen_US
dc.titleA Theory of Transformative Agency in Linked Social-Ecological Systemsen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.type.methodologyCase Studyen_US
dc.type.publishedpublisheden_US

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