Rantala, S and Di Gregorio, M (2014) Multistakeholder environmental governance in action: REDD+ discourse coalitions in Tanzania. Ecology and Society, 19 (2). ISSN 1708-3087
Abstract
Balancing interests to achieve legitimate and effective policies is a primary and pressing challenge in countries' efforts to prepare their national reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) strategies. Using Tanzania as a country case, we investigated the most polarizing policy discourses and assessed the influence of competing discourse coalitions on the drafting of the national REDD+ strategy. We combined discourse and social network analysis to identify discourse coalitions and assess their influence. The findings indicate that the national REDD+ strategy largely reflects the positions of the discourse coalition that is controlled by powerful state actors who support central control of REDD+ financial mechanisms. The competing coalition, led by civil society organizations, has limited influence on the national strategy, despite discursive congruence and concerted political action. The findings further indicate that discursive practices and institutional rules codetermine policy outcomes.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014, author(s). Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Discourse coalitions; Power; REDD+; Social network analysis; Tanzania |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Sep 2014 11:29 |
Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2014 11:33 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-06536-190266 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Resilience Alliance |
Identification Number: | 10.5751/ES-06536-190266 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:80126 |