Document Type
Article
Title
Turning Contention into Collaboration: Engaging Power, Trust, and Learning in Collaborative Networks
Publication Title
Society & Natural Resources
Publisher
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
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Publication Date
2-1-2017
Publisher location
Abington, UK
First Page
245
Last Page
260
Issue Number
2
Volume Number
30
Abstract/ Summary
Given the complexity and multiplicity of goals in natural resource governance, it is not surprising that policy debates are often characterized by contention and competition. Yet at times adversaries join together to collaborate to find creative solutions not easily achieved in polarizing forums. We employed qualitative interviews and a quantitative network analysis to investigate a collaborative network that formed to develop a resolution to a challenging natural resource management problem, the conservation of vernal pools. We found that power had become distributed among members, trust had formed across core interests, and social learning had resulted in shared understanding and joint solutions. Furthermore, institutions such as who and when new members joined, norms of inclusion and openness, and the use of small working groups helped create the observed patterns of power, trust, and learning.
Repository Citation
Levesque, Vanessa; Calhoun, Aram J K; BELL, KATHLEEN P.; and Johnson, Teresa R., "Turning Contention into Collaboration: Engaging Power, Trust, and Learning in Collaborative Networks" (2017). Publications. 108.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mitchellcenter_pubs/108
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Vanessa R. Levesque, Aram J. K. Calhoun, Kathleen P. Bell & Teresa R. Johnson (2017) Turning Contention into Collaboration: Engaging Power, Trust, and Learning in Collaborative Networks, Society & Natural Resources, 30:2, 245-260, DOI:10.1080/08941920.2016.1180726
Publisher Statement
© 2017 Taylor & Francis
DOI
10.1080/08941920.2016.1180726
Version
post-print (i.e. final draft post-refereeing with all author corrections and edits)
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