ABSTRACT

This paper presents a novel framework for analyzing the formation and effects of strategies in environmental governance. It combines elements of management studies, strategy as practice thinking, social systems theory and evolutionary governance theory. It starts from the notion that governance and its constitutive elements are constantly evolving and that the formation of strategies and the effect strategies produce should be understood as elements of these ongoing dynamics. Strategy is analyzed in its institutional and narrative dimensions. The concept of reality effects is introduced to grasp the various ways in which discursive and material changes can be linked to strategy and to show that the identification of strategies can result from prior intention as well as a posteriori ascription. The observation of reality effects can enhance reality effects, and so does the observation of strategy. Different modes and levels of observation bring in different strategic potentialities: observation of self, of the governance context, and of the external environment. The paper synthesizes these ideas into a framework that conceptualizes strategies as productive fictions that require constant adaptation. They never entirely work out as expected or hoped for, yet these productive fictions are necessary and effective parts of planning and steering efforts.

摘要

本文提出了一个新颖的框架，用于分析环境治理中战略的形成和效果。它结合了管理研究，实践策略战略，社会系统理论和进化治理理论的要素。它从以下观念开始，即治理及其构成要素在不断发展，应该将战略的形成和战略产生的效果理解为这些持续动态的要素。在战略的制度和叙述层面进行了分析。引入现实效果的概念是为了掌握将话语和物质变化与策略联系起来的各种方式，并表明对策略的识别可以源于先验意图以及后验归因。对现实效果的观察可以增强现实效果，对策略的观察也可以。不同的观察方式和水平带来了不同的战略潜力：观察自我，治理环境和外部环境。本文将这些思想综合到一个框架中，该框架将战略概念化为需要不断适应的生产性小说。他们从来没有像预期或希望的那样完全解决问题，但是这些富有成效的小说是计划和指导工作的必要和有效部分。本文将这些思想综合到一个框架中，该框架将战略概念化为需要不断适应的生产性小说。他们从来没有像预期或希望的那样完全解决问题，但是这些富有成效的小说是计划和指导工作的必要和有效部分。本文将这些思想综合到一个框架中，该框架将战略概念化为需要不断适应的生产性小说。他们从来没有像预期或希望的那样完全解决问题，但是这些富有成效的小说是计划和指导工作的必要和有效部分。