Reconstructing governability: How fisheries are made governable

Song, AM; Johnsen, JP; Morrison, TH

Reconstructing governability: How fisheries are made governable

Song, AM Johnsen, JP Morrison, TH

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Fish and Fisheries, 2018, 19, (2), pp. 377-389
Issue Date:: 2018-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Song, AM
dc.contributor.author	Johnsen, JP
dc.contributor.author	Morrison, TH
dc.date.accessioned	2020-06-24T00:34:57Z
dc.date.available	2020-06-24T00:34:57Z
dc.date.issued	2018-03-01
dc.identifier.citation	Fish and Fisheries, 2018, 19, (2), pp. 377-389
dc.identifier.issn	1467-2960
dc.identifier.issn	1467-2979
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/141647
dc.description.abstract	© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Governability is an important concept in the political and environmental social sciences with increasing application to socio-ecological systems such as fisheries. Indeed, governability analyses of fisheries and related systems such as marine-protected areas have generated innovative ways to implement sustainability ideals. Yet, despite progress made, we argue that there remain limitations in current conceptions of governability that hinder further analytical development and use. By drawing on general systems theory—specifically cybernetics, control and feedback—we interrogate the conceptual foundations that underpin two key limitations: the need to incorporate the numerous variables that comprise a complex, holistic system into a singular assessment of governability, and the a priori separation of the governor and the governed that precludes analysis of a self-governing situation. We argue that by highlighting the reciprocal nature of a governor–governed relationship and the co-produced understanding of governing capacity and objects, a relational approach to governability is possible. This offers a clearer and more pragmatic understanding of how governors and fishers can make fisheries governable.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	WILEY
dc.relation.ispartof	Fish and Fisheries
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/faf.12262
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	0602 Ecology, 0704 Fisheries Sciences
dc.subject.classification	Fisheries
dc.title	Reconstructing governability: How fisheries are made governable
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	19
utslib.for	0602 Ecology
utslib.for	0704 Fisheries Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/Social and Political Sciences Program
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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dc.date.updated	2020-06-24T00:34:54Z
pubs.issue	2
pubs.publication-status	Published
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utslib.citation.issue	2

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© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Governability is an important concept in the political and environmental social sciences with increasing application to socio-ecological systems such as fisheries. Indeed, governability analyses of fisheries and related systems such as marine-protected areas have generated innovative ways to implement sustainability ideals. Yet, despite progress made, we argue that there remain limitations in current conceptions of governability that hinder further analytical development and use. By drawing on general systems theory—specifically cybernetics, control and feedback—we interrogate the conceptual foundations that underpin two key limitations: the need to incorporate the numerous variables that comprise a complex, holistic system into a singular assessment of governability, and the a priori separation of the governor and the governed that precludes analysis of a self-governing situation. We argue that by highlighting the reciprocal nature of a governor–governed relationship and the co-produced understanding of governing capacity and objects, a relational approach to governability is possible. This offers a clearer and more pragmatic understanding of how governors and fishers can make fisheries governable.

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