Dynamics of participation: Access, standing and influence in contested natural resource management

<span class="abs_content">Although participative measures were introduced in 2001 to support dialogue on large carnivore presence and the aims and justifications of national predator policy, polarization has remained between pro-wolf groups promoting fauna diversity and the groups ma...

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Autores principales: Annelie Sjölander-Lindqvist, Serena Cinque
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Publicado: Coordinamento SIBA 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/e2282baf67534d7f9a17016f13ff3565
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Sumario:<span class="abs_content">Although participative measures were introduced in 2001 to support dialogue on large carnivore presence and the aims and justifications of national predator policy, polarization has remained between pro-wolf groups promoting fauna diversity and the groups maintaining that rural Sweden is jeopardized by the reappearance of large carnivores. Through empirically investigating the participatory process itself, we address how the local environment of RPG members is situated in the deliberative setting of the groups. By taking account of the local community context, we emphasize that divergent perceptions of the local environment, together with the landscape as a context of relationships between those using its resources, form an informed basis for action. In sum, we examine how participatory voices can be supported and maintained given the existence of a contingent social situation in which particular interests, values, and norm systems meet</span><br />