TY - JOUR
T1 - Context and differentiation
T2 - Comparative analysis of two community-based fishers' organizations
AU - Lejano, Raul P.
AU - Ocampo-Salvador, Alma
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful for the support of the University of California Pacific Rim Research Program (through Award Number 03T-PRRP-9-20). They also acknowledge the valuable help of Ruperto Aleroza and Jesse Marquez of Calatagan in understanding fishers’ institutions, as well as Joel Gutierrez, Janet Dolor, and Matias Mendoza of Bagalangit, Mabini.
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - There has evolved, as of late, a strong interest in decentralized modes of governance over fisheries and other marine resources, particularly that of community-based resource management (CBRM). However, analysis of this institutional model is hindered by simplistic, typological depictions of CBRM. We use organizational theory to argue how, within the broad category of CBRM, there exists a rich variation of institutional forms. We illustrate the analysis by showing how two ostensibly similar fishers' organizations in Batangas, Philippines, differ in important ways and, furthermore, how these differences respond to particular challenges and opportunities found in their respective contexts. We also discuss implications of this research for program evaluation.
AB - There has evolved, as of late, a strong interest in decentralized modes of governance over fisheries and other marine resources, particularly that of community-based resource management (CBRM). However, analysis of this institutional model is hindered by simplistic, typological depictions of CBRM. We use organizational theory to argue how, within the broad category of CBRM, there exists a rich variation of institutional forms. We illustrate the analysis by showing how two ostensibly similar fishers' organizations in Batangas, Philippines, differ in important ways and, furthermore, how these differences respond to particular challenges and opportunities found in their respective contexts. We also discuss implications of this research for program evaluation.
KW - Community-based resource management
KW - Decentralization
KW - Fishers' organizations
KW - Program evaluation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.marpol.2005.12.001
DO - 10.1016/j.marpol.2005.12.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33745457989
SN - 0308-597X
VL - 30
SP - 726
EP - 736
JO - Marine Policy
JF - Marine Policy
IS - 6
ER -