Towards deliberative and pragmatic co-management: a comparison between inshore fisheries authorities in England and Scotland |
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Authors: | Margherita Pieraccini Emma Cardwell |
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Institution: | 1. University of Bristol Law School, Bristol, UK;2. Faculty of Environment and Technology, University of the West of England, Frenchay Campus, Bristol, UK |
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Abstract: | In seeking to answer the question ‘who should be included in fisheries co-management?’, a constructive critique of the existing co-management literature is provided by filling the gaps of Habermas’s deliberative theory of democracy with Dewey’s pragmatism. Three conditions for ensuring democratic co-management are extrapolated from the theories: actors’ authority over decision making (empowerment), actors’ diversity (membership), and the right to self-nomination (procedures for external inclusion). The theoretical insights developed are supported with two examples of co-management institutions for inshore fisheries in the UK: Scottish Inshore Fisheries Groups (IFGs) and English Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authorities (IFCAs). |
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Keywords: | Procedural justice co-management deliberative theories pragmatism inshore fisheries institutions UK |
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