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Rethinking Fisheries Governance

The Role of States and Meta-Governance

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Hoang Viet Thang

    1. School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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  • Introduces the concept of ‘meta-governance’ into the fisheries management literature
  • Presents three case studies of fisheries associations in Japan, Vietnam, and Norway
  • Develops Ostrom’s ‘society-centric’ framework to make it more amenable to the analysis of state capacity and government intervention in a comparative context

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Hoang Viet Thang
    Pages 1-24

  3. Critiques of Ostrom’s Approach: A View from Fisheries Governance

    • Hoang Viet Thang
    Pages 25-49

  4. The Fisheries Co-management Approach: Critiques and Theoretical Framework of the Research

    • Hoang Viet Thang
    Pages 51-73

  5. Akita Fisheries Cooperative Associations, Japan

    • Hoang Viet Thang
    Pages 75-98

  6. Vinh Giang Fisheries Association, Vietnam

    • Hoang Viet Thang
    Pages 99-128

  7. The Norwegian Fishers’ Association, Norway

    • Hoang Viet Thang
    Pages 129-154

  8. Conclusion

    • Hoang Viet Thang
    Pages 155-161

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 163-215
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About this book

This book explores how the state can foster collective action by fisher’s communities in fisheries management. It presents a different perspective from Elinor Ostrom’s classic work on the eight institutional conditions that foster collective action in natural resource management and instead emphasizes the role of the state in fisheries co-management, engaging a state-centric notion of ‘meta-governance’. It argues that first, the state is required to foster collective action by fishers; and secondly, that the current fisheries co-management arrangements are state-centric. The study develops these arguments through the analysis of three case studies in Japan, Vietnam and Norway. The author also makes a theoretical contribution to governance literature by developing Ostrom’s ‘society-centric’ framework in a way which makes it more amenable to the analysis of state capacity and government intervention in a comparative context. This book will appeal to students and scholars of global governance, fisheries management, co-management, and crisis management, as well as practitioners of fisheries management.





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“In this penetrating account, Hoang Viet Thang provides new insights into the way in which fishing communities contribute to coastal fisheries governance in Vietnam, Japan and Norway. The book offers detailed new empirical material and offers new theoretical insights into how fisheries associations work to forge productive forms of associative governance in the shadow of state hierarchy.” (Professor Stephen Bell, School of Political Science & International Studies,  The University of Queensland)


Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

    Hoang Viet Thang

About the author

Hoang Viet Thang is a researcher at the School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland, Australia. He previously worked as a policy consultant in fisheries management for the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations in Vietnam.                                                              

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