Designing for Equity in Collaborative Environmental Governance: A Case Study of Regional Climate Change Collaboratives

dc.contributor.advisorMargerum, Richard
dc.contributor.authorRenirie, Alexandra
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-13T18:45:09Z
dc.date.available2021-09-13T18:45:09Z
dc.date.issued2021-09-13
dc.description.abstractCollaborative governance is an increasingly popular method for managing complex socio-ecological problems such as climate change. While collaboration seeks to involve diverse stakeholders in the decisions that affect their lives, little research addresses how structural power dynamics impact marginalized groups’ ability to exert influence within these processes. Practitioners and scholars commonly assume that inclusive participation will advance equitable participation without critically considering the fundamentally unequal systems in which collaboratives operate. This research expands on Jill Purdy’s framework for assessing power in collaborative settings and applies it to six regional climate collaboratives. Using a comparative case study model, interviews were conducted with coordinators and community-based organizations in each case. Their responses illuminated how power is wielded and managed in these groups and how process designers can help balance structural power. The resulting list of strategies are intended to support facilitators to actively promote equitable participation in this emergent form of governance.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/26694
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectClimate Changeen_US
dc.subjectCollaborative Governanceen_US
dc.subjectConflict Resolutionen_US
dc.subjectEquityen_US
dc.titleDesigning for Equity in Collaborative Environmental Governance: A Case Study of Regional Climate Change Collaboratives
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineConflict and Dispute Resolution Program
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.S.

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