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Theory and Applications, MARE Publication Series 7, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-6107-0_14,
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Abstract Several tools and approaches are available for investigating the
characteristics of the system-to-be-governed, the capacity of the governing system
and the quality of their interactions. Diversity and complexity of the fi sheries ecosystem can be understood using, for instance, food web analysis. Similarly, stakeholder analysis helps describe diversity and complexity of the social system that is
being governed, as well as of the governing system. These tools, along with many
others, provide ways and means to gauge what and where in these systems governability issues may be pronounced. We present some examples of these tools to illustrate their utility in examining key aspects of the fi sheries system that may give rise
to governability. They also illustrate the diversity of tools that may be required when
the perception of governance and governability expands beyond the conventional to
encompass the full range of stakeholders, processes and interactions. This investigation is one of the main steps in the full governability assessment framework.
Keywords Assessment tools • System complexity • Social network analysis •
Fish chain • Indicators • Governability • Interactive governance
R. Chuenpagdee (*)
Department of Geography , Memorial University of Newfoundland , St. John’s , NL , Canada
e-mail: ratanac@mun.ca
R. Mahon
Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) ,
University of the West Indies , St. Michael , Barbados
e-mail: rmahon@caribsurf.com
Chapter 14
Approaches and Tools for Examining
Governability
Ratana Chuenpagdee and Robin Mahon
M. Bavinck et al. (eds.), Governability of Fisheries and Aquaculture:
Theory and Applications, MARE Publication Series 7, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-6107-0_14,
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Abstract Several tools and approaches are available for investigating the
characteristics of the system-to-be-governed, the capacity of the governing system
and the quality of their interactions. Diversity and complexity of the fi sheries ecosystem can be understood using, for instance, food web analysis. Similarly, stakeholder analysis helps describe diversity and complexity of the social system that is
being governed, as well as of the governing system. These tools, along with many
others, provide ways and means to gauge what and where in these systems governability issues may be pronounced. We present some examples of these tools to illustrate their utility in examining key aspects of the fi sheries system that may give rise
to governability. They also illustrate the diversity of tools that may be required when
the perception of governance and governability expands beyond the conventional to
encompass the full range of stakeholders, processes and interactions. This investigation is one of the main steps in the full governability assessment framework.
Keywords Assessment tools • System complexity • Social network analysis •
Fish chain • Indicators • Governability • Interactive governance
R. Chuenpagdee (*)
Department of Geography , Memorial University of Newfoundland , St. John’s , NL , Canada
e-mail: ratanac@mun.ca
R. Mahon
Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) ,
University of the West Indies , St. Michael , Barbados
e-mail: rmahon@caribsurf.com
Chapter 14
Approaches and Tools for Examining
Governability
Ratana Chuenpagdee and Robin Mahon