Dissertation Research: Locating a Critical Place for Community Stewardship

这项研究将考察“场所社区”的定义是如何在社区管理组织中构建和制度化的。这项研究的理由是认识到，增加对资源管理的参与的合法性取决于群体相对于特定地点能够提出的主张的性质。这在一定程度上取决于对地点和社区的象征性表示，以及权力关系的构成方式。将对加利福尼亚州内华达山脉北部地区的两个社区管理组织及其与四个当地资源利益攸关者群体的关系进行案例研究。这项研究将有助于我们了解美国西部自然资源方面的冲突和冲突解决办法。这是博士学位论文奖。

The research will examine how definitions of `communities of place` are constructed and institutionalized within community stewardship organizations. The rationale for this study stems from recognition that the legitimacy of increased participation in resource management depends on the nature of the claims that groups are able to make relative to a given locality. This depends, in part, on symbolic representations of place and community and on the manner in which power relations are constituted. Case studies of two community stewardship organizations in California's Northern Sierra Nevada region and their relations with four populations of local resource stakeholders will be conducted. The study will contribute to our understanding of conflict and conflict-resolution over natural resources in the Western United States. This is a Doctoral Dissertation Award.