Title :

Can social ecological economics of water reinforce the “big tent”?

Author(s) :

Buchs, Arnaud [Auteur]

Petit, Olivier [Auteur]
Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 [CLERSÉ]
Roman, Philippe [Auteur]

Journal title :

Ecological Economics

Abbreviated title :

Ecological Economics

Volume number :

169

Pages :

106553

Publisher :

Elsevier BV

Publication date :

2020-03

ISSN :

0921-8009

English keyword(s) :

Water
Social ecological economics
"Big tent"
Content analysis
Methodological pluralism

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Etudes de l'environnement

English abstract : [en]

This paper seeks to characterize the importance of the social and political dimensions of the literature dedicated to water in the field of ecological economics. It attempts to assess the relevance of Spash's division of ...
Show more >This paper seeks to characterize the importance of the social and political dimensions of the literature dedicated to water in the field of ecological economics. It attempts to assess the relevance of Spash's division of the community into three “camps”, namely “new resource economists”, “social ecological economists” and “new environmental pragmatists” through the literature focusing on water issues published in leading scientific journals. We begin with an analysis of the main ontological, epistemological and methodological tenets of the three “camps”. We then analyze the relevance and limits of such categorization for water research through papers published in Ecological Economics. We then explore the field of ecological economics of water through textual statistics obtained from research abstracts published in five selected journals since the late 1980s. Our results raise questions regarding the relevance of the partition of the ecological economics community thanks to a Venn diagram that presents limited overlaps. We promote an inclusive representation of the “big tent” of ecological economics, thus suggesting new perspectives for the debate on methodological pluralism in Ecological Economics. To conclude, a series of recommendations are suggested to promote water social ecological economics, and strengthen pluralism within the community.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale

Collections :

• Centre Lillois d'Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques (CLERSE) - UMR 8019

Research team(s) :

Économies et sociétés : développement, richesse, innovation et régulation

Submission date :

2020-05-07T13:16:53Z
2020-05-12T09:48:47Z