Open this publication in new window or tab >>2021 (English)In: Environmental Science and Policy, ISSN 1462-9011, E-ISSN 1873-6416, Vol. 120, no June, p. 42-52Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Governments are increasingly applying collaborative approaches even though little is known about how effectively the outputs are implemented. This empirical study used the ‘Soil and Water’ Working Group of the Dialogue for Nature Consideration in Sweden to investigate which aspects of legitimacy influence the implementation of collaborative outputs. It included document analysis, observation and 38 interviews with participants and representatives of implementing organisations. Despite being recommendations and lacking authoritative rule, the outputs from a collaborative process are implemented to a very high degree in educational and planning material all over Sweden. The forest sector’s general perception of the outputs as having high procedural, source-based and substantive legitimacy has been crucial to their extensive implementation.
Keywords
Collaborative governance; Dialogue process; Procedural, source-based and substantive legitimacy; Output implementation
National Category
Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-167745 (URN)10.1016/j.envsci.2021.02.004 (DOI)000652746800005 ()2-s2.0-85101887467 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Swedish Research Council Formas, 2013-1650
2020-02-032020-02-032023-09-05Bibliographically approved