Exploring the interlinkages between governance and social capital: A dynamic model for forestry

Elena Górriz-Mifsud, Laura Secco and Elena Pisani

Forest Policy and Economics, 2016, vol. 65, issue C, 25-36

Abstract: The concept of social capital within the forest governance field encompasses networks, norms and values of local communities that determine cooperation and contribute to their development. Interlinkages among community characteristics affecting the implementation of governance arrangements, forest policy instruments or traditional social norms are untangled; this enlightens policy-makers and practitioners about the variables requiring attention beyond traditional technical factors or individual incentives. Through the review of social capital (SC) and forest governance literature, we find network structure and institutions as their common core aspects. Theoretical relationships and feedbacks are first identified, and then checked in published forestry case studies.

Keywords: Networks; Rural development; Forest management; Natural resources; Socio-ecological systems; Institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2016.01.006

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