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Table 4.1 Justice assessment matrix
Governing system
Social system-to-be
governed
Governing interactions
Diversity
Which justice
principles are
embraced by which
governing actors/
institutions?
Which justice principles
are presently embraced
by stakeholders and
how do they affect their
behavior?
Which justice
principles in fl uence
how governing
actors/institutions
interact?
Complexity
How do different
justice principles
embraced by
governing actors/
institutions relate to
each other?
How do the different
justice principles
embraced by stakeholders relate to each other,
and what choices
follow from them?
How do different
justice principles
in fl uence the
relationship
between the
governing actors/
institutions and the
stakeholders?
Dynamics
Have the justice
principles
embraced by
governing actors/
institutions
changed over time,
how and why?
Have justice principles
affecting stakeholders
changed over time; how
and why?
Have the justice
principles
in fl uencing the
relationships and
interactions
between governing
actors/institutions
and the stakeholders
changed over time,
how and why?
Scale
How do justice
principles
embraced by
governing actors/
institutions relate
across scales for
various governing
orders?
How do justice principles
embraced by stakeholders relate across scale
for different governance
orders?
How do justice
principles
in fl uencing the
relationships and
interactions
between governing
actors/institutions
and stakeholders
relate across scales
for various
governance orders?
commensurable at the level of the individual. This sets the stage for a governing
process that involves stakeholders in communication and negotiation concerning
con fl icting principles. Their ability to involve stakeholders impacts on governability.
That is, it affects the capacity of governing system to be effective and rational. This
capacity would largely hinge upon its legitimacy, which is again dependent on the
degree to which the justice principles that underpin the governing system’s performance concur with the principles that operate within the system-be-governed and
between the three orders of governance. Governance theory suggests that this depends
largely on the relationship between the governing system and the system-to-be governed and the principles of justice supporting their interaction. The table summarizes
how these hypotheses can be converted into empirical research questions. Accordingly,
4 Social Justice in the Context of Fisheries – A Governability Challenge
Table 4.1 Justice assessment matrix
Governing system
Social system-to-be
governed
Governing interactions
Diversity
Which justice
principles are
embraced by which
governing actors/
institutions?
Which justice principles
are presently embraced
by stakeholders and
how do they affect their
behavior?
Which justice
principles in fl uence
how governing
actors/institutions
interact?
Complexity
How do different
justice principles
embraced by
governing actors/
institutions relate to
each other?
How do the different
justice principles
embraced by stakeholders relate to each other,
and what choices
follow from them?
How do different
justice principles
in fl uence the
relationship
between the
governing actors/
institutions and the
stakeholders?
Dynamics
Have the justice
principles
embraced by
governing actors/
institutions
changed over time,
how and why?
Have justice principles
affecting stakeholders
changed over time; how
and why?
Have the justice
principles
in fl uencing the
relationships and
interactions
between governing
actors/institutions
and the stakeholders
changed over time,
how and why?
Scale
How do justice
principles
embraced by
governing actors/
institutions relate
across scales for
various governing
orders?
How do justice principles
embraced by stakeholders relate across scale
for different governance
orders?
How do justice
principles
in fl uencing the
relationships and
interactions
between governing
actors/institutions
and stakeholders
relate across scales
for various
governance orders?
commensurable at the level of the individual. This sets the stage for a governing
process that involves stakeholders in communication and negotiation concerning
con fl icting principles. Their ability to involve stakeholders impacts on governability.
That is, it affects the capacity of governing system to be effective and rational. This
capacity would largely hinge upon its legitimacy, which is again dependent on the
degree to which the justice principles that underpin the governing system’s performance concur with the principles that operate within the system-be-governed and
between the three orders of governance. Governance theory suggests that this depends
largely on the relationship between the governing system and the system-to-be governed and the principles of justice supporting their interaction. The table summarizes
how these hypotheses can be converted into empirical research questions. Accordingly,