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Understanding Difference to Build Bridges among Stakeholders: Perceptions of Participation in Four Multi-stakeholder Forums in the Peruvian Amazon

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Title Understanding Difference to Build Bridges among Stakeholders: Perceptions of Participation in Four Multi-stakeholder Forums in the Peruvian Amazon
 
Creator Sarmiento Barletti, J.P.
Larson, A.M.
Heise Vigil, N.
 
Subject community forestry
landscape conservation
stakeholders
land use
 
Description As interest grows in supporting multi-stakeholder forums (MSFs) to address land-use and climate change, it is important to understand how these processes operate from the perspectives of their participants. The academic literature on their equity largely presents a dichotomy: participatory processes either allow for horizontal decision-making with more equitable and effective outcomes for local populations, or they mask technologies of governance that do not address – and may reinforce – structures of inequality. These two perspectives downplay the different, complex and sometimes nuanced perceptions and experiences of participation. In order to better understand these nuances, the authors applied Q-methodology to analyse and compare the perceptions of MSF participants and organisers in four forums in the Peruvian Amazon. The research finds that participants are often optimistic about the forums, but at the same time they are aware of risks; and that groups falling into both camps may be just as likely to fail to address inequality among participants but for different reasons. The results help identify points of convergence and divergence, and potential ways forward to help construct more equitable and effective MSFs.
 
Date 2022-01-02
2021-10-15T07:11:18Z
2021-10-15T07:11:18Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Sarmiento Barletti, J.P., Larson, A.M. and Heise Vigil, N., 2021. Understanding Difference to Build Bridges among Stakeholders: Perceptions of Participation in Four Multi-stakeholder Forums in the Peruvian Amazon. The Journal of Development Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2021.1945041
0022-0388
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115450
https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2021.1945041
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher Informa UK Limited
 
Source The Journal of Development Studies