Authority, responsibility and process in Australian biodiversity policy
Authority, responsibility and process in Australian biodiversity policy
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澳大利亚生物多样性政策中的权力、责任和程序
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2015
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M. Lockwood
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S. Clement;S. Moore;M. Lockwood
尽管针对生物多样性制定了一系列政策，但澳大利亚尚未阻止生物多样性的下降。本研究分析了两个对比鲜明的澳大利亚景观的生物多样性保护政策，特别强调权力和责任是如何确定和分配，使用一种新的语言工具（机构语法工具）和政策制定者的访谈。分析表明，人们对权威的狭隘性和规范性声明而不是规则的主导地位感到关切。不明确的作用和责任进一步削弱了权力的明确性和分配。政治和经济因素推动政策的执行，并限制在这两个研究区域的权威。此外，还明显存在着过于注重程序而非结果的问题。对政策设计和相关权力的影响包括扩大生物多样性的定义，确保政策语言更明确地分配责任，更加关注生物多样性政策的分配和程序要素，以及建立缓冲机制，以更好地科普政治和经济驱动因素。
Despite a raft of policies targeting biodiversity, Australia has yet to stem biodiversity decline. This study analyses biodiversity conservation policies in two contrasting Australian landscapes, with a specific emphasis on how authority and responsibility are determined and allocated, using a novel linguistic tool (the Institutional Grammar Tool) and interviews with policymakers. Analysis revealed concerns around the narrowness of authority and the dominance of normative statements rather than rules. Unclear roles and responsibilities further diluted the clarity and allocation of authority. Political and economic factors drive policy implementation and constrain authority in both of the studied regions. A heavy focus on procedures rather than outcomes was also evident. Implications for policy design and the associated authority include broadening the definition of biodiversity, ensuring policy language more clearly allocates responsibilities, paying increased attention to the distributive as well as procedural elements of biodiversity policy, and developing buffering mechanisms to better cope with political and economic drivers.