Collaborative Governance and Environmental Justice: Disadvantaged Community Representation in California Sustainable Groundwater Management. Issue 2 (12th December 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Collaborative Governance and Environmental Justice: Disadvantaged Community Representation in California Sustainable Groundwater Management. Issue 2 (12th December 2019)
- Main Title:
- Collaborative Governance and Environmental Justice: Disadvantaged Community Representation in California Sustainable Groundwater Management
- Authors:
- Dobbin, Kristin B.
Lubell, Mark - Abstract:
- Abstract : A consistent critique of the theory and empirical research on collaborative governance is a lack of conceptualization and analysis of the role of political power and inequality. Our paper contributes to this discussion by analyzing the formal representation of small disadvantaged communities in the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act in California. Employing primary and secondary data, we model the likelihood of representation in the state's new Groundwater Sustainability Agencies based on key attributes of both the communities and governance settings. We find that the overall collaborative governance is associated with increased representation of these marginalized stakeholders. Importantly, however, even in collaborative settings representation of the smallest, most low‐income communities and those lacking political recognition via incorporated cities or public water districts still lags far behind their more advantaged counterparts. In fact, disparities in representation along these lines increased. Using a uniquely interdisciplinary approach our analysis highlights the opportunity afforded by integrating collaborative governance and environmental justice in the shared pursuit of effective and equitable institutions and the inter‐related goals of equity and sustainability. Abstract :Abstract : A consistent critique of the theory and empirical research on collaborative governance is a lack of conceptualization and analysis of the role of political power and inequality. Our paper contributes to this discussion by analyzing the formal representation of small disadvantaged communities in the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act in California. Employing primary and secondary data, we model the likelihood of representation in the state's new Groundwater Sustainability Agencies based on key attributes of both the communities and governance settings. We find that the overall collaborative governance is associated with increased representation of these marginalized stakeholders. Importantly, however, even in collaborative settings representation of the smallest, most low‐income communities and those lacking political recognition via incorporated cities or public water districts still lags far behind their more advantaged counterparts. In fact, disparities in representation along these lines increased. Using a uniquely interdisciplinary approach our analysis highlights the opportunity afforded by integrating collaborative governance and environmental justice in the shared pursuit of effective and equitable institutions and the inter‐related goals of equity and sustainability. Abstract : 对协作式治理理论和实证研究的一致批判是,缺少对政治权力和不平等的概念化和分析。本文通过分析2014年加利福尼亚州《可持续地下水管理法案》(SGMA)中的小型弱势社群(DACs)的正式代表,从而促进了上述批判的相关探讨。通过运用原始数据和次级数据,基于社群和治理背景的关键性质,我们对该州新的"地下水可持续性机构"中弱势社群代表的可能性进行了建模。我们发现,整体的协作式治理与被边缘化的利益攸关方的代表性增加相关。然而重要的是,即使在协作式背景下,最弱小、收入最低的社区,以及那些通过合并城市或公共水资源地区中的代表(而产生的)缺少政治认同的群体,他们的代表性依然远落后于更为优势的社区,并且事实上,这种代表性差异可能会增加。 通过使用一项独特的跨学科方法,我们的分析强调了通过整合协作式治理和环境正义,二者共同追求有效公平的制度和相互关联的公平及可持续性目标,进而产生的机会。 Abstract : Una crítica consistente de la teoría y la investigación empírica sobre la gobernanza colaborativa es la falta de conceptualización y análisis del papel del poder político y la desigualdad. Nuestro artículo contribuye a esta discusión al analizar la representación formal de pequeñas comunidades desfavorecidas (DAC por sus siglas en inglés) en la Ley de Manejo Sostenible de Aguas Subterráneas (SGMA) de 2014 en California. Empleando datos primarios y secundarios, modelamos la probabilidad de representación en las nuevas agencias de sostenibilidad del agua subterránea del estado en función de los atributos clave de las comunidades y la configuración de la agencia local. Encontramos que la gobernanza colaborativa si está asociada con una mayor representación de estos actores marginados. Sin embargo, es importante destacar que incluso en agencias colaborativas, la representación de las comunidades más pequeñas y de bajos ingresos y de aquellas que carecen de reconocimiento político a través de ciudades incorporadas o distritos públicos de agua todavía está muy por detrás de sus contrapartes más favorecidas. De hecho, las disparidades en la representación entre estos grupos aumentaron. Utilizando un enfoque interdisciplinario único, nuestro análisis resalta la oportunidad brindada al integrar la gobernanza colaborativa y la justicia ambiental en la búsqueda compartida de instituciones efectivas y equitativas y los objetivos interrelacionados de equidad y sostenibilidad. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Policy studies journal. Volume 49:Issue 2(2021)
- Journal:
- Policy studies journal
- Issue:
- Volume 49:Issue 2(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 49, Issue 2 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 49
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0049-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 562
- Page End:
- 590
- Publication Date:
- 2019-12-12
- Subjects:
- collaborative governance -- environmental justice -- representation -- procedural justice -- recognition -- groundwater -- California -- institutions -- equity -- sustainability
协作式治理 -- 环境正义 -- 代表 -- 程序正义 -- 认同 -- 地下水 -- 加利福尼亚 -- 制度 -- 公平 -- 可持续性
gobierno colaborativo -- justicia ambiental -- representación -- justicia procesal -- reconocimiento -- aguas subterráneas -- California -- instituciones -- equidad -- sostenibilidad
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- 10.1111/psj.12375 ↗
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