Social network analysis for stakeholder selection and the links to social learning and adaptive co-management

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5 - Social network analysis for stakeholder selection and the links to social learning and adaptive co-management

from Part II - Case studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012

Christina Prell ,

Mark Reed and

Klaus Hubacek

Edited by

Örjan Bodin and

Christina Prell

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Örjan Bodin: Affiliation:
Stockholms Universitet
Christina Prell: Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park

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Introduction

There is now widespread recognition in the academic and wider community that those who are affected by, or who have the power to affect environmental decision-making processes, have a right to be consulted (e.g. the EU’s Aarhus Convention enshrines this right in law). There is also growing evidence that their involvement may enhance the quality of decisions made (Prell et al., 2008). However, these beneﬁts depend upon appropriate representation of stakeholders, and this poses signiﬁcant challenges. In many cases, the population of stakeholders is unknown, and thus, locating a representative sample is difﬁcult. In addition, different stakeholders are likely to have different views about what are the relevant issues, and who are the most relevant parties to invite to the table. In this chapter, we put forward social network analysis as a complementary tool to help unravel who is a relevant stakeholder. In doing so, we argue that including a network analysis of stakeholders demonstrates another dimension to the idea of “diversity” in considering “wide representation” of stakeholders. In addition to trying to capture a diversity of perspectives from diverse stakeholder categories, we argue for considerations of diversity based on social networks, i.e. diverse positions within a wider network structure, and demonstrate how social network analysis can be used for uncovering such positions.

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Information: Social Networks and Natural Resource Management
Uncovering the Social Fabric of Environmental Governance
, pp. 95 - 118

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511894985.006 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2011

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