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Institutions and the environment: the case for a political socio-economy of environmental conflicts

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  • Ali Douai

    (GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur)

  • M. Montalban

    (GREThA - Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée - UB - Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

This article presents a sympathetic but critical examination of institutional ecological economics (IEE)--a heterodox body of work on environmental governance--as developed (separately) by J. Paavola and A. Vatn. We highlight the theoretical limitations of IEE related to two issues: the causes of the emergence of environmental conflicts and the logics driving their regulation. These limitations are all related to the underlying theories of institutional change in which power- and legitimacy-based explanations are confusedly combined. Both authors develop a normative perspective in which legitimacy becomes the main concern. We argue that this perspective leads to contradictions in their respective approaches, and provides no or only partial insights into the conditions of the emergence and regulation of environmental conflicts. We finally highlight the conceptual adjustments (inspired from classical Marxism and regulation theory) that, in our view, are needed to deal more adequately with these issues.

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  • Ali Douai & M. Montalban, 2012. "Institutions and the environment: the case for a political socio-economy of environmental conflicts," Post-Print hal-00724822, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00724822
    DOI: 10.1093/cje/bes046
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    1. Nelo Magalhães, 2022. "Absent, outside, inside: integrating the "environment" into Regulation Theory," Post-Print hal-03935441, HAL.
    2. Lehtonen, Markku, 2019. "Ecological Economics and Opening up of Megaproject Appraisal: Lessons From Megaproject Scholarship and Topics for a Research Programme," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 159(C), pages 148-156.
    3. Elie, Luc & Zuindeau, Bertrand & Bécue, Mathieu & Camara, Mamoudou & Douai, Ali & Meunié, André, 2012. "Approche régulationniste de la diversité des dispositifs institutionnels environnementaux des pays de l’OCDE," Revue de la Régulation - Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoirs, Association Recherche et Régulation, vol. 12.
    4. Buchs, Arnaud & Petit, Olivier & Roman, Philippe, 2020. "Can social ecological economics of water reinforce the “big tent”?," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 169(C).
    5. Cahen-Fourot, Louison, 2020. "Contemporary capitalisms and their social relation to the environment," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 172(C).

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