Detecting formal and informal interests in forest governance
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- DOI码：10.1016/j.mex.2022.101842
- 发表刊物：MethodsX
- 摘要：To reveal the interests of actors in forest governance, this paper proposes a power-based interest identification
(PII) approach. Based on the assumption of intentional action, the benefits that actors derive from policy impacts
are the result of interest-driven actions. This paper further proposes a theoretical definition of interests that
includes formal goals at the social and ecological levels, as well as informal political, economic, and strategic
interests. Researchers need to identify powerful actors by identifying power mechanisms and resources, and can
then observe actors’ formal goals through interviews and documents. For informal interests, the actor observes
the informal gains of powerful actors in policy impacts, which are then coded according to political, economic,
and strategic interests. Combining these steps, actors can infer the formal and informal interests of powerful
actors.
• Researchers can verify actors’ formal objectives by interview and documents.
• Among policy impacts, researchers can observe influences at the social and ecological levels, as well as changes
in actors’ control, economic gains, and dissemination of ideas.
• Researchers can infer informal interests of powerful actors from observation of policy impacts.
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- 合写作者：Max Krott, Jinlong Liu, Lukas Giessen, Jiayun Dong
- 第一作者：Jiacheng Zhao (赵佳程)
- 论文类型：期刊论文
- 学科门类：管理学
- 一级学科：公共管理学
- 文献类型：J
- 卷号：9
- 页面范围：101842
- 是否译文：否
- 发表时间：2022-09-05
附件：
Detecting formal and informal interests in forest governance.pdf
