Doctoral Dissertation Research: Social Mobilization and Change in Conservation and Development Projects: A Comparative Study in Brazil

本文研究了适当的社会网络如何帮助解释巴西两个地区的四个保护和发展项目的相对成功。动员当地和项目区域以外的多方利益攸关方，对可持续发展至关重要。这些网络还有助于传播支持环境可持续资源利用的新身份。动员和扩散都依赖于不同利益相关者之间相互重叠的联系。将使用人种学和访谈方法来收集有关网络连接和通过这些网络的资源流动的数据。

This dissertation investigates how appropriate social networks help explain the relative success of four conservation and development projects in two regions in Brazil. The mobilization of multiple stakeholders, both local and beyond the project region, are critical for sustainable development. These networks also help diffuse a new identity supporting environmentally sustainable resource use. Both mobilization and diffusion depend on overlapping ties among the various stakeholders. Ethnographic and interview methods will be used to collect data on network connections and the flow of resources through those networks.