Overview

Today, problems such as deforestation, biodiversity loss and illegal logging have provoked various policy responses that are often referred to as forest and nature governance. In its broadest interpretation, governance is about the many ways in which public and private actors from the state, market and/or civil society govern public issues at multiple scales. This book takes a fresh perspective on the study of forest and nature governance. Departing from ‘practice theory’, and building upon scholars like Giddens, Bourdieu, Reckwitz, Schatzki and Callon, it seeks to move beyond established understandings of institutions, actors, and knowledge. In so doing, it not only presents an innovative conceptual and methodological framework for a practice based approach, but also rich case studies and ethnographies. Finally, this book is about how actors involved in governance talk about and work with trees, forests, biodiversity, wildlife, and so on, while acting upon forest policies, environmental discourses, codes of conduct, or scientific insights.

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Author:   Bas Arts ,  Jelle Behagel ,  Séverine van Bommel ,  Jessica de Koning
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Volume:   14
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   4.219kg
ISBN:  

9789400793330

ISBN 10:   9400793332
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   15 October 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface.- Introduction.- 1. Prelude to practice: Introducing a practice based approach to forest and nature governance.- 2. From practical science to a practice based approach: A short history of forest policy studies.- Rethinking institutions.- 3. Bricolage practices in local forestry.- 4. What institutions do: Grasping participatory practices in the Water Framework Directive.- 5. Invited spaces and informal practices in participatory community forest management in India.- The global-local nexus.- 6. Global forest governance: Multiple practices of policy performance.- 7. The practice of interaction management: enhancing synergies among multilateral REDD+ institutions.- 8. How do forest markets work? Exploring a practice perspective.- Representing nature? 9. Globalising biodiversity: Scientific practices of scaling and databasing.- 10. Where management practices and experiential practices meet: Public support and conflict in ecosystem management.- 11. Creating scientific narratives: experiences in constructing and interweaving empirical and theoretical plots.- Conclusion.- 12. The promise of practice: The value of the practice-based approach for forest and nature governance studies.

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From the reviews: The goal of this book is to convince academic researchers that governance is best studied through practice-based research. ... The individual chapters, which cover a wide range of topics, could be read separately by individuals more interested in the particular case studies than in the theory behind the practice-based approach. ... The strongest case presented for this approach might be the blend of theory and description in each chapter. ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners. (B. D. Orr, Choice, Vol. 50 (10), June, 2013)

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