Stewardship as a Path to Cooperation? Exploring the Role of Identity in Intergroup Conflict Among Michigan Wolf Stakeholders

Lute, Michelle L.; Gore, Meredith L.

doi:10.1080/10871209.2014.888600

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“…Particularly, wildlife species subject to human harvesting can divide people according to their interests [50]. The local people selected the endangered owl species as a neutral icon to attract people with diverse interests to work together.…”

Section: Action 1: Establishment Of a Local Resident Group With An Enmentioning

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Formation of a Community of Practice in the Watershed Scale, with Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge

2018

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Rural communities around the world face formidable problems such as resource depletion, environmental degradation and economic decline. While the term 'community' is often used without clear definition or context, it can be viewed as a group of people emerging through social interaction. Through a series of collaborative action toward a shared goal, a community of practice can be formed. This paper proposes a hypothetical framework of integrated local environmental knowledge (ILEK), and applies it to analyze the processes of collaborative actions in the case of the Nishibetsu Watershed in Hokkaido, Japan. The case study identified several phases of actions, all initiated by a group of local residents on a grassroots and voluntary basis. These local resident-initiated collaborative actions had a particular confluence of elements to facilitate gradual strengthening of formal and informal institutions in the watershed scale beyond jurisdictional boundaries, making this a worthy case to study. The local residents used diverse types of knowledge, including livelihood-based technologies and skills of working as a group and with local governments, for establishing and strengthening various institutions for collaborative actions, with such knowledge being used in the manner of tools in a box of bricolage for community formation.

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Section: Action 1: Establishment Of a Local Resident Group With An Enmentioning

confidence: 99%

Formation of a Community of Practice in the Watershed Scale, with Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge

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“…Similarly, conflict between hunters and conservationists was found to reflect a social identity-based type of intergroup conflict. These findings were reflected in research by Lute and Gore (2014) on conflict between hunters and conservationists about wolf management. This conflict was characterised by intergroup conflict between a 'conservationist' group and a 'wise use' group.…”

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“…between religious groups), and workplace conflict (Tajfel 1982;Hogg and Abrams 1988;Haslam 2000). There has been some use of the social identity approach in ENRM, though this has not been extensive Stoll-Kleemann and Welp 2006;Bryan 2008;Dono et al 2010;Lute and Gore 2014;Unsworth and Fielding 2014;Mason et al 2014;Bliuc et al 2015;Mason et al 2015;Fielding and Hornsey 2016).…”

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“…Each promoted different approaches to wolf management, and group relations were characterised by conflict about the points on which the groups differed. However, Lute and Gore's (2014) research showed there were shared 25 beliefs between the groups which demonstrated the potential for development of a superordinate identity based around wildlife stewardship. These studies demonstrate the applicability of the social identity approach for understanding the subtle intergroup dimension of ENRM conflict.…”

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“…The approach goes beyond notions of personal identity and describing group membership as it provides an intergroup perspective on how human beings relate to each other through social groups. This makes the social identity approach particularly well suited as a theoretical tool for examining the human dimension of ENRM conflict (Lute and Gore 2014;Fielding and Hornsey 2016). The social identity approach incorporates two social psychological theories: social identity theory and self-categorisation theory (Tajfel and Turner 1979;Hogg and Abrams 1988;Haslam 2000).…”

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The social identity approach to understanding stakeholder conflict in environmental and natural resources management

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Conflict between stakeholders about environmental and natural resources management (ENRM) issues is a significant challenge for achieving sustainable outcomes for people and the environment.Although conflict can be a constructive and important part of deliberative processes, ENRM routinely experiences dysfunctional conflict, where people involved focus on their perceived incompatibilities rather than finding solutions for the problem. This form of dysfunctional conflict leads to decision-making stagnation and exacerbation of issues which require timely management.The self-perpetuating nature of conflict means that relationships between people and groups become strained, and the potential for cooperation and compromise is undermined. In ENRM, conflict is addressed, often implicitly, through the practice of stakeholder engagement. Although advancements have been made on stakeholder engagement processes through both research and practice, conflict continues to manifest in ENRM issues.This thesis investigates ENRM conflict through analysing the contribution of ENRM stakeholder engagement practice to the prevalence of dysfunctional conflict. In order to understand the hidden complexities and drivers of conflict, the social identity approach has been applied as a theoretical lens. The social identity approach is a theoretical perspective from social psychology which explains how people become members of groups, and how groups interact. As such it is well suited to a study of ENRM conflict, where the heart of the conflict is how groups of people -stakeholders -interact with each other.First, the thesis outlines the theoretical basis for the interest in ENRM conflict, and makes a case for both why stakeholder engagement processes are a critical aspect of conflict which are worthy of investigation, and why the social identity approach is a useful theoretical lens. Following this, a theory building approach to integration of the literature across disciplines is used to present a way of understanding the human dimension of ENRM conflict, and the argument is made for the use of the social identity approach. As a result, a clear distinction is made between 'stakeholders' and 'the citizenry', where stakeholders are formalised groups with a defined interest, and the citizenry is everyone else. An integrative conceptual model for ENRM conflict is created, and is analysed with the application of the social identity approach.Next, the thesis examines the processes taken by ENRM practitioners to identify stakeholders, thereby filling a recognised gap in the literature. This is undertaken with the use of semi-structured interviews with experienced ENRM practitioners, analysed qualitatively. As a result, a typology of approaches to identification of stakeholders is presented, and the previously proposed distinction iii between stakeholders and the citizenry is shown to be reflective of how practitioners categorise people in the context of ENRM issues.The thesis then investigates a case study of a large-scale wind energy d...

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Estimating Poaching Opportunity and Potential

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Stewardship as a Path to Cooperation? Exploring the Role of Identity in Intergroup Conflict Among Michigan Wolf Stakeholders

Cited by 39 publications

References 37 publications

Formation of a Community of Practice in the Watershed Scale, with Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge

Formation of a Community of Practice in the Watershed Scale, with Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge

The social identity approach to understanding stakeholder conflict in environmental and natural resources management

Estimating Poaching Opportunity and Potential

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