‚Participation’ in Development Thinking — Coming to Grips with a Truism and its Critiques

Berghöfer, Uta; Berghöfer, Augustín

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-36917-2_4

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“…This can cause stumbling blocks in transdisciplinary practice and threaten the successful continuation of participatory processes (Wallner et al forthcoming). Our findings correspond to those of Berghöfer and Berghöfer (2008) who state that the local leaders might struggle 'with local power relations, lack of interest, or with people turning open meetings into one-to-one confrontations'. Elzinga (2008) pleads for 'a greater degree of reflexivity' by asking 'who gets empowered and what potential users get left out'.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

“…'Participation' can be understood in many different ways. The approach chosen in the case of the WHS Jungfrau-Aletsch corresponds to what Pimbert and Pretty (1997) have described as 'interactive participation' and which can be interpreted as 'empowerment' (Pimbert & Pretty 1997;Berghöfer & Berghöfer 2008). However, a participatory process in the sense of interactive participation does not automatically imply that just because the actors are fully engaged there won't be any tricky moments in these processes.…”

Section: View From the Aletschwald Towards The Great Aletsch Glacier mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, a participatory process in the sense of interactive participation does not automatically imply that just because the actors are fully engaged there won't be any tricky moments in these processes. As Berghöfer and Berghöfer (2008) put it: 'If participation is to mean more than a mainstream acclaim, its different levels and objectives have to be made explicit.' This request leads to the question of limitations and risks of participatory processes.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Critical Issues in Managing Protected Areas by Multi-Stakeholder Participation – Analysis of a Process in the Swiss Alps

Wallner¹

2009

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There is common agreement in discourses on nature protection that it can only succeed if local participation in conservation measures is granted. In the region of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch a multi-stakeholder participatory process was initiated to negotiate concrete objectives for the World Heritage Site Jungfrau-Aletsch. In this way persistent conflicting expectations should be overcome and ownership and common responsibility for the region enhanced. In this paper we critically reflect this multi-stakeholder participatory process and evaluate three core issues, which we regard as decisive in participatory processes: conflict resolution, power play, and continued participation. We conclude that participatory processes support mutual learning, but at the same time inherent multilevel power play can threaten continued participation. 45R e search eco.m o n t -Vo l u m e 1 , N u m b e r 1 , J u n e 2 0 0 9 ISSN 2073-106X print version ISSN 2 0 7 3 -1 5 5 8 o n l i n e v e r s i o n : h t t p : / / e p u b . o e a w. a c . a t / e c o . m o n t

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Section: View From the Aletschwald Towards The Great Aletsch Glacier mentioning

confidence: 99%

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2009

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“…In current research for sustainable development the nonacademic policy cultures are often conceived as stakeholders (Gass et al 1997;Koontz and Moore Johnson 2004;Berghöfer and Berghöfer 2006;Hindenlang et al 2008;Hisschemöller et al 2009;Hage et al 2010). The concept of stakeholders was originally developed in the private sector and related to firms (Lawrence and Cook 1982, p. 329).…”

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Structuring complexity for tailoring research contributions to sustainable development: a framework

2011

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Research aiming at generating effective contributions to sustainable development faces particular complexity related challenges. This article proposes an analytical framework disentangling and structuring complexity issues with which research for sustainable development is confronted. Based on theoretical conceptions from fields like policy sciences and transdisciplinary research as well as on an in-depth analysis of the concept of sustainable development, three meta-perspectives on research for sustainable development are introduced and elaborated. The first perspective focuses on notions of sustainable development, sorting out the problem of unclear or ambiguous interpretations of the general sustainability objectives in specific contexts. The second perspective introduces a broad conception of the policy process representing the way societal change towards sustainable development is brought about. It supports identifying those academic and non-academic actors and stakeholders that are relevant for coming up with effective knowledge contributions. The third perspective identifies different forms of knowledge that are needed to tackle sustainability problems as well as the significance of their mutual interrelations. How the framework perspectives support reflecting on the fundamental complexity issues research for sustainable development is confronted with is illustrated using a case example from natural scientific research in the field of land use. We argue that meeting the complexity inherent in the concept of sustainable development requires joint learning in policy processes, working out shared visions being in line with the core objectives of sustainable development and generating knowledge about empirical, normative and pragmatic aspects.

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“…These partnerships were developed to contend with differing interests and conflicting demands on the natural resources, but the creation of collaborative arrangements never completely wiped away opposing views. Indeed, the idea that participating in a collective undertaking will homogenize the views of stakeholders seems incongruous (e.g., Berghöfer and Berghöfer, 2006). Rather, partnerships facilitate negotiated agreement on shared values which find roots in the original intention.…”

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Landscape Entrepreneurship: Lessons From the Mont Saint Hilaire Nature Centre

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Tengö²,

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This working paper focuses on a little documented aspect of the entrepreneurial process, namely landscape entrepreneurship. Based on the experience of the Nature Centre in Mont Saint Hilaire, Québec, we define landscape entrepreneurship as a set of innovative activities conducted by an actor aimed at sustaining and developing ecological and social processes in a specific region or landscape so as to improve the ecosystem for human wellbeing. This paper comprises four sections. In the first, we distinguish between "classical" and "social" entrepreneurship and situate the notion of landscape entrepreneurship. In the second, we describe the experience of the Mont Saint Hilaire Nature Centre, a biosphere reserve located 40 km SouthEast of Montreal. In the third section, we propose four perspectives on landscape entrepreneurship based on the experience of the Nature Centre, namely (1) landscape entrepreneurship as social entrepreneurship and organizing; (2) landscape entrepreneurship and the potential and challenges of stakeholder engagement processes; (3) landscape entrepreneurship and the construction of resilience in social/ ecological systems; and (4) landscape entrepreneurship as seen from the experience and lessons learned in the development and implementation of a framework for conservation. In the fourth section, we identify lessons and insights potentially relevant to our understanding of the role and forms of entrepreneurship in addressing social and environmental concerns. We conclude by pointing out tensions that arise in the complex process of landscape entrepreneurship, and suggest that landscape entrepreneurship could be at the tipping point of an emerging field of study with significant implications for related disciplines and fields of study.

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‚Participation’ in Development Thinking — Coming to Grips with a Truism and its Critiques

Cited by 10 publications

References 40 publications

Critical Issues in Managing Protected Areas by Multi-Stakeholder Participation – Analysis of a Process in the Swiss Alps

Critical Issues in Managing Protected Areas by Multi-Stakeholder Participation – Analysis of a Process in the Swiss Alps

Structuring complexity for tailoring research contributions to sustainable development: a framework

Landscape Entrepreneurship: Lessons From the Mont Saint Hilaire Nature Centre

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