Public Participation and Institutional Fit: A Social–Psychological Perspective
By Daniel DeCaro, M. Stokes. 2013
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Public participation plays a role in the development and long-term maintenance of environmental institutions that are well-matched to local social–ecological conditions. However, the means by which public participation impacts such institutional fit remains unclear. We argue that one major reason for this lack of clarity is that analysts have not clearly outlined how humankind’s sense of agency, or self-determination, influences institutional outcomes. Moreover, the concept of institutional fit is ambiguous as to what constitutes a good fit and how such fit could be diagnosed or improved. This is especially true for “social fit,” or how well institutions match human expectations and local behavioral patterns. We develop an interdisciplinary framework based on principles of human agency and institutional analysis from social psychology to address these problems. Using the concept of “institutional acceptance” as an indicator of social fit, we show how analysts can define, diagnose, and improve social fit of participatory programs. We also show how such fit emerges and is sustained over time. This interdisciplinary perspective on fit and participation has important implications for participatory approaches to environmental management and the scientific study of institutional evolution.
Subfields: Management Science and Operations Research, Safety Research, Social Psychology
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In Management Science and Operations Research
In Safety Research
- Maarten Vansteenkiste
- Richard M. Ryan
- Frank Martela
- Nelli Hankonen
- Bart Soenens
- Edward L. Deci
- Robert J. Vallerand
- Nikos Ntoumanis
In Social Psychology
- Maarten Vansteenkiste
- Frank Martela
- Richard M. Ryan
- Bart Soenens
- Nelli Hankonen
- Edward L. Deci
- J. Reeve
- W. Lens
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- Motivating voluntary compliance to behavioural restrictions: Self-determination theory–based checklist of principles for COVID-19 and other emergency communications (2021, background): “People also need assurance that any rules or laws will be fairly enforced, which adds to legitimacy and willingness to comply (DeCaro & Stokes, 2013; Ryan & Deci, 2017).”