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The Good, the Bad, and the Hands-on: Constructs of Public Participation, Anglers, and Lay Management of Water Environments

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  • Sally Eden

    (Department of Geography, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, England)

  • Christopher Bear

    (Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Llandinam Building, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth SY23 3DB, Wales)

Abstract

We use a qualitative study of recreational anglers in northern England to explore constructions of ‘the public’ in environmental management. We examine good and bad constructs of ‘the public’ and show how they emphasise knowledge over practice. We argue for a more differentiated view of the public through ‘environmental engagement’ which will appreciate more fully ways in which both ‘specialised publics’ and ‘performative publics’ are imagined and enacted. We demonstrate how these constructs play out through attending to the discursive and material ‘hands-on’ practices of anglers in environmental management and show how these link different geographies of public participation through both discursive and material spaces.

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  • Sally Eden & Christopher Bear, 2012. "The Good, the Bad, and the Hands-on: Constructs of Public Participation, Anglers, and Lay Management of Water Environments," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 44(5), pages 1200-1218, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:44:y:2012:i:5:p:1200-1218
    DOI: 10.1068/a4495
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