CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Thiagarajan, Akhshy |
|---|---|
| Title | Towards an integration of power and practice into conceptual frameworks used in the governance of Social-Ecological Systems (SES): Case study of Canadian oil sands |
| Summary | Governance of Common Pool Resources (CPR) in Social-Ecological Systems (SES) requires a study into a complex cluster of interactions between law, policy, communities, individual actors and environmental outcomes. Conceptual frameworks like the Social-Ecological System (SES) framework and the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework developed by Elinor Ostrom help simplify this complexity and have been used extensively by scholars interested in institutional and governance related issues. The synthesis of the two was envisioned to provide a more comprehensive package for analysis. Consequently, the New Institutional Analysis in Social-Ecological Systems (NIASES) framework was proposed. The framework provides a blue print through which the top down IAD and the bottom up SES frameworks could be synthesized to produce a conceptual tool that harnesses the strengths of both. However, one of the main drawbacks of the NIASES framework is the lack of inclusion of power of social actors over one another and the environment. Using the works of sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and the Canadian oil sands SES for illustration, this paper is an interdisciplinary theoretical attempt to introduce power within the frameworks. In doing so it proposes a modified version of SES and NIASES frameworks. The modifications are expected to improve their analytical and predictive abilities as well as to open up spaces for further interdisciplinary research in natural or ecological resource governance issues. |
| Supervisor | Pinter Lazslo |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/thiagarajan_akhshy.pdf |
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