Module: Governance and the
Commons Lead: Lakehead
University
Objectives:
Students
will be able to understand the problem of the commons and approaches to
governance of the commons.
Students
will understand what is meant by multi-scale governance.
Students
will learn a working definition of stewardship and understand collaborative
governance from some key perspectives, case studies, and guidelines.
Students
will place in context monitoring of the commons, using the examples of the
Model/Community Forest and the Environmental Assessment process.
Background
Good
collaborative governance is ensured by implementing the following guidelines:
Lecture
http://moodle.lakeheadu.ca/common/SUSTR_on_Governance/SUSTR_on_Governance.html
Readings:
Hardin, G. (1968). Tragedy of the
Commons. Science 162: 1243-1248.
References:
Bovaird, T. & Loffler, E. (eds.), 2003. Public Management and Governance. London, UK: Routledge.
Falk, W.W., Schulman, M.D. & Tickamyer, A.R. (eds.), 2003. Communities of Work: Rural Restructuring in Local and Global Contexts. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press.
Merino-Pérez, L., Gerez-Fernández, P. &
Madrid-Zubirán, 2000. Políticas,
instituciones comunitarias
y uso de los recursos comunes en México. In Sociedad, derecho y medio ambiente: Primer informe del programa
de investigación sobre aplicación y cumplimiento de la legislaciôn ambiental en México,
ed. M. Bañuelos, 57-143. Mexico City: CONACYT, SEP;
Casa Abierta al Tiempo,
UNAM, SEMARNAP, PROFEPA.
Warren, W.A. (2005). Hierarchy
theory in sociology, ecology, and resource management: A conceptual model for
natural resource or environmental sociology and socioecological
systems. Society and Natural Resources.
18: 447-466.
Discussion
questions:
1. Identify a resource that you use daily (e.g., water). Describe its local, regional and global governance. In what ways might governance of this resource improve?
2. How does your answer to the first question change for a seasonally accessed resource you use (e.g., a wildlife species)? For a less often accessed resource (e.g. wood for personal home construction)?
3.
How do you foresee a greater role for ENGOs in future models of governance of
commons?
Vocabulary:
Adaptive
management - gerencia adaptiva
Entitlement
by adjacency - garantía de acceso
a los beneficios comunales
y proximales
Commons
- patrimonio común
Community
forest – bosque comunitario
Environmental
assessment – proceso por preparar una declaración
del impacto ambiental
Environmental
Non-Government Organization (ENGO) - organización ambiental
Stewardship
- administración ambiental
Faculty contacts: Dr
Peggy Smith, pasmith@lakeheadu.ca
Dr Brian McLaren, bmclaren@lakeheadu.ca