Heterogeneity, Group Size and Collective Action: The Role of Institutions in Forest Management

Poteete, Amy R.; Остром, Элинор

doi:10.1111/j.1467-7660.2004.00360.x

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“…justice conceived in terms of who is given respect and who is and isn't valued; see Walker (2012)). On the other hand, homogeneity of preferences and interests facilitates collective action, because people who share important social, cultural or economic characteristics may be more willing to cooperate with each other (Poteete and Ostrom, 2004). Similarly, the literature on cooperatives shows that homogeneous interests decrease the costs of collective decision-making (Hansmann, 1999).…”

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Exploring the links between community-based governance and sustainable energy use: Quantitative evidence from Flanders

Bauwens

Eyre

2017

Ecological Economics

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Abstract:Community-based energy organizations have been said to influence their members' energy-related behavior by activating social norms and by providing trustworthy information about sustainable energy investments and behaviors. However, little is known yet about members' actual energy use and how it differs from that of individuals who do not participate in such projects. In particular, selection effects are likely to arise, i.e. community-based energy projects may attract people that are different from the underlying population in terms of energy use. This article empirically addresses the question of the selection into community-based energy projects in terms of energy use, focusing on the case of renewable energy cooperatives. Based on quantitative data from an original survey conducted with one renewable energy cooperative in Flanders and using probit regression analyses, it contrasts a sample of cooperative members with an appropriate comparison group in terms of electricity usage. The results show that electricity consumption is positively related with cooperative membership, suggesting that high use consumers have greater incentives to join a communitybased organization which provides assistance and advice on the adoption of green technologies and energy efficiency measures. These findings contribute to an understanding of the relationship between community-based governance and sustainable energy practices.

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Exploring the links between community-based governance and sustainable energy use: Quantitative evidence from Flanders

Bauwens

Eyre

2017

Ecological Economics

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“…The program comprises a network of Collaborating Research Centers in a number of countries including Nepal, and aims to elucidate links between institutional arrangements and forest management. The chief means of data collection is a set of 10 research protocols focusing on biophysical, socioeconomic, and institutional variables in a given site (Gibson, McKean, & Ostrom, 2000;Poteete & Ostrom, 2004). Collectively, these protocols include nearly 1,000 variables.…”

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Decentralization and Participation: The Governance of Common Pool Resources in Nepal’s Terai

Agrawal

Gupta²

2005

World Development

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Summary. -Decentralization has emerged as an important instrument of environmental and development policy in the last two decades. Presumed benefits of environmental policy decentralization depend in significant measure on broad participation in the programs that governments create to decentralize decision making related to resource management. This paper uses data from protected areas in Nepal's Terai to examine who participates in environmental decentralization programs. On the basis of our statistical analysis, we highlight the fact that the likelihood of participation in community-level user groups is greater for those who are economically and socially better-off. We also find that individuals who have greater access to and who visit government offices related to decentralization policies more often are also more likely to participate in user groups created by state officials. Finally, we find a negative correlation between education and levels of participation. Our study and analysis support the argument that for decentralization policies to be successful on equity issues, it is important to build institutional mechanisms that encourage poorer and more marginal households to access government officials, improve access to educational opportunities, and create incentives to promote more interactions between less powerful rural residents and government officials.

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“…This literature has shown that when self-organised communities manage to develop their own institutional arrangements to regulate the use of common pool resources (CPRs, such as forests) they often outperform government or market solutions to unsustainable commons governance (e.g. Van Laerhoven, 2010;Pretty and Ward, 2001;Ostrom, 1990;Poteete and Ostrom, 2004;Sunderlin et al, 2005). It is largely comprised of theoretical and empirical studies exploring the critical conditions under which communities are able to selforganise and develop durable community institutions.…”

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Making it last? Analysing the role of NGO interventions in the development of institutions for durable collective action in Indian community forestry

Barnes

Laerhoven

2015

Environmental Science & Policy

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Institutional design India a b s t r a c tCommons scholarship seems preoccupied with self-governance. It focuses on showing that common pool resource (CPR) appropriators do not always need outsider-assistance in order to stay clear of the tragedy of the commons. However, at the same time we observe the presence of a large number of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that consider community organisation -i.e. the organisation of collective action in community institutions -their core business. In this research we firstly develop and apply a framework to analyse the activities of 20 NGOs in India and compare these to indicators for collective action in a community-led CPR governance context, derived from the commons literature. Secondly, we assess variation in NGOs' approaches to institutional change, by developing and applying a typology that distinguishes between (i) perspectives that see institutional change as predominantly determined by structure (institutional design) or agency (institutional crafting), respectively, and between (ii) perspectives that perceive institutions as either subjective or objective to the institutional change agent, respectively. Our results show that NGOs do not get involved in activities aimed at influencing functioning collective action such as crafting or designing rules. They do involve themselves in activities aimed at strengthening durable collective action such as forest management trainings. Furthermore, all NGOs show a predominantly subjective approach to institutional change. Their long-term focus puts the communities themselves firmly in the institutional change agent position. The results along the design-crafting dimension show more diversity and dynamicity. Eight NGOs in our sample take a strong institutional crafting approach to their work, whereas only three focus predominantly on institutional design and nine show elements of both crafting and designing. The majority of the NGOs highlighted how their approach can change depending on the stage in the intervention. Our results highlight the dynamic and diverse institutional settings the NGOs operate in which both moderates their approach to institutional change and determines their choice of specific activities.

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Heterogeneity, Group Size and Collective Action: The Role of Institutions in Forest Management

Cited by 521 publications

References 48 publications

Exploring the links between community-based governance and sustainable energy use: Quantitative evidence from Flanders

Exploring the links between community-based governance and sustainable energy use: Quantitative evidence from Flanders

Decentralization and Participation: The Governance of Common Pool Resources in Nepal’s Terai

Making it last? Analysing the role of NGO interventions in the development of institutions for durable collective action in Indian community forestry

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