Barriers and opportunities in transforming to sustainable governance: the role of key individuals

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511894985.005

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from Part II - Case studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012

Örjan Bodin and

Beatrice Crona

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Örjan Bodin and

Christina Prell

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Örjan Bodin: Affiliation:
Stockholms Universitet
Christina Prell: Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park

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Introduction

There are numerous examples of successful natural resource management. Some of the more notable and well documented include mountain agriculture in the Swiss alps (Ostrom, 1990), irrigation systems in different parts of the world (Ostrom, 1990), Kristianstad Water Kingdom in Sweden (Olsson et al., 2004b; Schultz, 2009), and the Maine lobster ﬁshery (Acheson, 1988). However, in many settings, governance for sustainable resource management remains an elusive goal and the current state of affairs is characterized by rigidity and inertia. This is sometimes a result of power struggles and elite capture (Barratt, 2009), but also because of lack of incentives and poor problem perception (Crona and Bodin, 2006; Bodin and Crona, 2008) or failure of top-down regulatory mechanisms (Ostrom, 1990). Transforming a system experiencing such inertia can be difﬁcult and, among other things, requires appropriate leadership. The process of change has been likened to navigating turbulent rapids (Olsson et al., 2006) and the role of leadership has been hailed as one of the key factors in enabling transformation.

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Information: Social Networks and Natural Resource Management
Uncovering the Social Fabric of Environmental Governance
, pp. 75 - 94

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511894985.005 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2011

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