From a Micro–Macro Framework to a Micro–Meso–Macro Framework

Li, Bocong

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5282-5_2

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“…Micro-level structures, which are associated with individual actors and persons in organizations, and macro-level structures, associated with states and social institutions, have been widely examined in the economic, sociological, and geographic literature. Meso-level structures, present at intermediate levels of organizations, on the other hand, have been comparatively overlooked in the existing literature (Li, 2012). Li (2012) points that it was only recently that scholars paid attention to the significance of meso-level and that very little attention has been paid to the integration of the three levels in studies on social phenomenon.…”

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“…At the micro-level, stressors include illegal harvesting of timber, over exploitation of fuelwood, uncontrolled grazing, and shifting patterns of grazing. Relatively little attention has been paid to the role of the organization and networks operating at the meso-level between the micro and macro scales (Li, 2012).…”

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“…To investigate the structural conditions that enabled the development of CBFM in Odisha, interviews were conducted with key informants from 345 villages in the district of Boudh. Interview responses were analyzed within the micro-meso-macro (MMM) analytical structure described by Li (2012). The results suggest that meso-level conditions, including especially inter-village networks enabled by preexisting relationships between communities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), played a much larger role in facilitating the rise and spread of CBFM in Odisha than has previously been supposed.…”

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The Role of Meso-level Facilitating Conditions in the Emergence of Community-based Forest Management in Boudh District of Odisha

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Sahoo³

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The emergence and diffusion of community-based forest management (CBFM) in India over the past several decades has been of interest to scholars and natural resource managers alike. The prevailing view in the existing academic literature presupposes that CBFM arose spontaneously in individual villages, evolving into a grassroots movement that spread across districts and states. Previous studies of the phenomenon have focused on the micro-level (individual or community) and macro-level (national or global) factors that gave rise to CBFM; the role of meso-level (organizational) conditions in facilitating the rise and spread of CBFM has garnered significantly less attention. This study presents the results of structured interviews with key informants in 345 villages throughout the district of Boudh in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. Results suggest that meso-level conditions were vitally important in the development of CBFM. Nongovernmental organizations and the Indian Forest Department promoted CBFM and facilitated networking and sharing across villages, while informal networks between the villages expedited the diffusion of the new management model. The study also discusses the interaction between various meso, micro, and macro level facilitating conditions and concludes that the dynamics of CBFM in Odisha and in India more generally are significantly more complex than has previously been supposed.

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The Role of Meso-level Facilitating Conditions in the Emergence of Community-based Forest Management in Boudh District of Odisha

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Wayland²,

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“…Philosophy of engineering extends this view to include the meso level, which we consider the default level for most project management tools. The micro examines the level of individual actors within organizations, meso the intermediate level of the organizations themselves, and macro the level of social institutions (Li, 2012).…”

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A Speculative Feminist Approach to Project Management

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Roberts-Smith

Zhou

et al. 2019

Strategic Design Research Journal

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In this paper, we discuss how taking a speculative feminist approach, as proposed by some members of the human-computer interaction (HCI) community, results in a radically different design of software for project management. As we interpret it, speculative feminist design in HCI demonstrates attention to the following six principles: challenging the status quo; designing for an actionable ideal; searching out the invisible; considering the micro, meso, and macro; privileging transparency; and welcoming critique. In the context of project management, our approach to software design has therefore included the following priorities: all stakeholders have goals, but not necessarily shared goals; the line between an internal deliverable and an external project outcome is blurred; impacts can occur immediately or decades later; impact assessment methods need to be explicit in the project planning system. In adopting the terms speculative feminism and critical feminism, we intend that our work be understood as situated within the territory of Critical Theory as applied particularly to the work of the Frankfurt School. We introduce our design, called It's a Wicked World (IWW), as an example, although it is only the current iteration of one part of a larger, ongoing project.

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“…Indeed, a growing body of literature suggests that many natural and human systems have become coupled in ways that are intrinsically complex. The resulting coupled natural and human systems (CNHS) often exhibit behaviors dominated by non-linear interactions and feedback that cross multiple scales (Maguire et al, 2006;Ramalingam et al, 2008;Jeffrey, 2011;Li, 2012;Binder et al, 2013;Allen, 2014;Cooper and Islam, 2015). The inherent irreducibility, unpredictability, and non-controllability of complex systems stymie many traditional problem-solving techniques, which often assume that the elements of a system (e.g., variables, processes, actors, and institutions) can be studied in isolation to arrive at conclusions about the system as a whole.…”

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Addressing Complex Challenges in Coupled Natural and Human Systems Through Principled Pragmatism: A Case Study From Bangladesh

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Some of the most persistent challenges facing society and the environment arise from an intricate coupling of natural and human systems (CNHS). These challenges resist traditional expert-driven problem-solving approaches and require a careful synthesis of both “explanation” and “understanding” to achieve equity and sustainability. Whereas, explanations tend to be the domain of scientific experts who seek generalizable solutions through theory building, modeling, and testing, understandings represent the wisdom of practitioners that enables real-world problem solving to proceed by accounting for contextual values, capacities, and constraints. Using a case study from Bangladesh as an illustrative case of CNHS, we take an explanatory approach in using the extended case study method to show why and how an expert-led response to remediation of arsenic-contaminated wells led to unintended outcomes, which could have been accounted for if a complexity science informed framework of the problem was in place. The complexity frame keeps one alert to emergent patterns that otherwise remain unanticipated, and thereby, form the basis of adaptive actions. For a path forward in addressing complex CNHS problems, we introduce a novel problem-solving approach that combines pragmatic explanations and interpretive understandings with attention to emergent patterns. We argue that this problem-solving approach – which we term principled pragmatism – can effectively synthesize and apply scientific knowledge and local practical knowledge to develop and implement adaptive, actionable, and sustainable interventions.

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From a Micro–Macro Framework to a Micro–Meso–Macro Framework

Cited by 20 publications

References 6 publications

The Role of Meso-level Facilitating Conditions in the Emergence of Community-based Forest Management in Boudh District of Odisha

The Role of Meso-level Facilitating Conditions in the Emergence of Community-based Forest Management in Boudh District of Odisha

A Speculative Feminist Approach to Project Management

Addressing Complex Challenges in Coupled Natural and Human Systems Through Principled Pragmatism: A Case Study From Bangladesh

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