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9 Poverty in Lake Victorian Fisheries – Understanding Governability
Table 9.1
A framework for assessing governability of poverty issues in small-scale fi sheries
Governance
orders
Governing system
System-to-be-governed
Governing interaction
Decision
making
What governing modes are used to reach
decisions? Are they top-down,
interactive or bottom-up?
What are the social and ecological impacts of the
decisions made to address poverty? Are these
decisions considered fair and transparent from
the perspective of the poor?
How do individuals, groups and
governing institutions interact as they
negotiate decisions?
Institutions
How are governing systems institution
alized? How is power exercised,
responsibilities and mandates
distributed and with what outcomes?
How are social practices, interests and power
institutionalized? How do they determine social
relationships and the distribution of cost and
bene fi ts among stakeholders?
What are the institutional characteristics
of governing interactions?
What rules exist pertaining to
representation, participation and
communication?
Values, norms
and
principles
How do values, norms and principles
of governing institutions relate to
problem de fi nition, agenda setting
and con fl ict resolution?
What values, principles and norms underpin social
action and local institutional formations,
decision- making and power relations?
How are values, principles and norms
shared among stakeholders in their
interactions?
9 Poverty in Lake Victorian Fisheries – Understanding Governability
Table 9.1
A framework for assessing governability of poverty issues in small-scale fi sheries
Governance
orders
Governing system
System-to-be-governed
Governing interaction
Decision
making
What governing modes are used to reach
decisions? Are they top-down,
interactive or bottom-up?
What are the social and ecological impacts of the
decisions made to address poverty? Are these
decisions considered fair and transparent from
the perspective of the poor?
How do individuals, groups and
governing institutions interact as they
negotiate decisions?
Institutions
How are governing systems institution
alized? How is power exercised,
responsibilities and mandates
distributed and with what outcomes?
How are social practices, interests and power
institutionalized? How do they determine social
relationships and the distribution of cost and
bene fi ts among stakeholders?
What are the institutional characteristics
of governing interactions?
What rules exist pertaining to
representation, participation and
communication?
Values, norms
and
principles
How do values, norms and principles
of governing institutions relate to
problem de fi nition, agenda setting
and con fl ict resolution?
What values, principles and norms underpin social
action and local institutional formations,
decision- making and power relations?
How are values, principles and norms
shared among stakeholders in their
interactions?