The power mapping tool: A method for the empirical research of power relations
The power mapping tool: A method for the empirical research of power relations
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权力映射工具：一种权力关系实证研究方法
DOI：
10.22004/ag.econ.42410
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2007
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通讯作者：
E. Schiffer
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E. Schiffer
“本文提出了一种创新的参与式方法来可视化、讨论和分析给定治理领域中不同参与者的权力。权力映射工具首次用于分析纳米比亚社区自然资源管理（CBNRM）的治理效果。这个例子是作为一个案例研究来展示该方法是如何工作的：所涉及的参与者由棋盘游戏人物代表，这些人物通过“行动范围卡”来表征，并放置在木制的“权力塔”上，以显示他们在治理领域中的权力。结果是一个三维草图，提供定量数据，并指导定性讨论的原因和不同行为者的权力的影响。在纳米比亚CBNRM的情况下，权力测绘有助于了解权力确实是如何从国家下放到地方一级的。然而，在社区一级，精英被视为一个严重的问题。在这项研究中，权力映射工具被证明很容易使用，与非常多样化的采访伙伴组合，不仅提供了丰富的数据，而且增加了受访者对自己情况的理解
"This paper presents an innovative participatory method to visualize, discuss and analyze the power of different actors in a given governance field. The Power Mapping Tool was first used to analyze the governance effects of Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Namibia. This example is presented as a case study to show how the method works: The actors involved are represented by board game figures that are characterized through “range-of-action-cards” and put on wooden “power towers” to show their power in the governance field. The result is a three dimensional sketch that provides quantitative data and guides the qualitative discussion about reasons for and effects of the power of different actors. In the case of Namibian CBNRM Power Mapping helped to understand how power indeed had been devolved from the national to the local level. However, on the community level elite-capture was seen as a serious problem. In this research the Power Mapping Tool proved to be easy to use with a very diverse mix of interview partners and provided not only a wealth of data but also increased the interviewees' understanding of their own situation." from Authors' Abstract