Counteracting hegemonic powers in the policy process: critical action research on Nepal's forest governance

被引:19
作者
Ojha, Hemant [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Southasia Inst Adv Studies SIAS, Kathmandu, Nepal
[2] Univ New South Wales, Sch Social Sci, Sydney, NSW, Australia
关键词
public policy; critical action research; deliberation; forest governance; critical social theory; Nepal;
D O I
10.1080/19460171.2013.823879
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
Confronting hegemonic power in the policy process remains a formidable challenge. Critical inquiry and civic resistance have been seen as two possible solutions to address this challenge. However, how and to what extent critical inquiry tackles this challenge is rarely explored. This article outlines a Critical Action Research ( CAR) approach and then discusses how this approach was put into practice in Nepal's forest policy processes during 2000-11. It demonstrates the potential and limitations of a civil-society-based critical inquiry in the context of a centralized system of forest governance facing pressures for participatory reform. This use of a CAR approach aimed to tackle three forms of power -that exercised by the state forest authority; that of the international development agencies; and that of the national political decision-makers - in Nepal's forest policy processes. Finally, the article identifies theoretical and methodological issues that were demonstrated in this engagement with the policy process.
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页码:242 / 262
页数:21
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