The spatialization of social capital in the collective management of natural resources, a theoretical and methodological model

The importance of studying the commons lies in the fact that the best-preserved ecosystems are found in areas managed and owned by the community. However, the capitalist mode of production, which depends on the excessive exploitation of natural resources, has undermined the fundamental elements of t...

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Published inJournal of environmental policy & planning Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 60 - 74
Main Authors Custodio González, Carlos Alejandro, Pérez Verdín, Gustavo, Sánchez Ortiz, Eduardo, Medina Herrera, Elizabeth, Álvarez Zagoya, Rebeca
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2024
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
analytical categories
Appropriation
Capitalism
Comorbidity
Conceptual models
Conservation
Ecosystems
Empirical analysis
Exploitation
Literature reviews
Methodological approaches
microsociological process
Natural resource management
Natural resources
Research methodology
Resource exploitation
Resource management
Social capital
social space
Territory
theoretical categories
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Summary:The importance of studying the commons lies in the fact that the best-preserved ecosystems are found in areas managed and owned by the community. However, the capitalist mode of production, which depends on the excessive exploitation of natural resources, has undermined the fundamental elements of the communal system. Despite this, some territories have been able to maintain and strengthen common strategies related to the characteristics of their social capital, transforming it into a localized resource. With these objectives in mind, the study was conducted to, (1) Perform a literature review of theoretical, methodological, and empirical works related to social capital and territorialization to examine collective strategies for the conservation and management of natural resources. (2) Develop a theoretical and methodological framework that incorporates the territorialization of social capital as an explanatory factor in the collective appropriation of commons, using general concepts. The methodological approach was based on a literature review of articles, complemented by the co-occurrence method. The results show that the conceptual model consists of five theoretical categories and eleven categories of analysis, which interact to identify six thematic areas.
ISSN:1523-908X
1522-7200
DOI:10.1080/1523908X.2023.2296482