Cooperative Management of Environmental Resources: A Case Study from Northern Ontario, Canada
分析了偏远地区与省级政府合作管理环境资源的政治动态，以安大略省北部案例说明地方依赖特征如何影响合作成效，对研究环境治理和资源管理的学者有参考价值。
AbstractThis paper analyzes the political dynamics of a hinterland locality and a provincial government participating together in a co-management initiative to formulate environmental resource policies. The concept of “local dependency” is adapted for a hinterland setting to evaluate the efficacy of a co-management initiative to allocate access to and manage fish and wildlife resources in northern Ontario, Canada. Results of a case study located in Ignace, Ontario indicate that despite efforts to engage in cooperation, features of local hinterland dependency affected both the process and outcome of the initiative. Broad involvement at the community level was restricted because specific local actors coalesced to skew participation toward a narrow set of economic values. Selected participants in the co-management exercise maintained close control over participation within the community and effectively became a conduit to the senior government for vocal sectors at the local level. The locally dependent statu...