Doctoral Dissertation: Community Involvement in Cooperative Resource Management; Porcupine Caribou Herd

本论文课题是对加拿大豪猪驯鹿群的共同管理进行研究。研究的重点是社区参与共同管理决策及其与人类与驯鹿关系可持续性的关系。共享的地方政府权力在资源管理是解决共同财产理论和组织民主社会学。本文将研究共同管理的实施如何改变社区层面的决策，什么因素影响社区参与和管理结果，以及社区成员如何评估他们的参与。数据收集方法包括参与观察、半结构化访谈和社区文献分析。

This dissertation project is a study of the co-management of the Porcupine Caribou Herd in Canada. The focus of the research is on community involvement in co-management decision making and its relationship to the sustainability of human-caribou relations. Shared Native-government authority in resource management is addressed with common property theory and the sociology of organizational democracy. This dissertation will study how the implementation of co-management has changed decision making at the community level, what factors influence community involvement and management outcomes, and how community members evaluate their involvement. Methods for data collection include participant observation, semi-structured interviews and the analysis of community documents.