Title | From the Habit of Control to Institutional Enablement: Re-envisioning the Governance of Social-Ecological Systems from the Perspective of Complexity Sciences |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2014 |
Authors | Zia, A, Kauffman, S, Koliba, C, Beckage, B, Vattay, G, Bomblies, A |
Journal | Complexity, Governance & Networks |
Date Published | 2014/07 |
ISSN | 22142991 |
Keywords | Adjacent Possible, Autocatalytic Sets, Co-evolution, Global Governance, Governance Design, Phase-Spaces, Policy Regimes |
Abstract | Due to the inherent uncertainty in predicting the evolution of phase-spaces in social-ecological systems (SESs), these systems cannot be “optimally” managed through top-down, command and control type of governance designs. Instead, generalized autocatalytic set theory, a type of network and complexity theory with foundations in mathematical graph theory, may be used as a bottom-up, emergent and co-evolutionary framework to design the governance regimes of SESs. Under this theoretical re-conceptualization, the policy and institutional interventions can at best “enable” the policy-makers to nudge SESs towards socially desirable yet ecologically feasible phase-spaces, which in turn are continually revamped as new elements in phase-spaces emerge. |
URL | http://default.portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/public/journal/article/CGN0000009.html?2 |
DOI | 10.7564/14-CGN4 |
Short Title | CGN |
Refereed Designation | Refereed |
From the Habit of Control to Institutional Enablement: Re-envisioning the Governance of Social-Ecological Systems from the Perspective of Complexity Sciences
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