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An Endless Endeavor: The Evolution and Challenges of Multi-Level Coastal Governance in the Global South

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Author(s):
Goncalves, Leandra R. [1] ; Gerhardinger, Leopoldo C. [1] ; Polette, Marcus [2] ; Turra, Alexander [1]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Univ Sao Paulo IOUSP, Oceanog Inst, BR-05508120 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Vale Itajai UNIVALI, Sch Sea Sci & Technol, BR-88302901 Itajai, SC - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: SUSTAINABILITY; v. 13, n. 18 SEP 2021.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

We used Brazil as a Global South case study to analyze the evolution of the coastal governance in a young and still unstable democracy. Based on twenty-five years of documentation related to a federal-level actor interaction hub named Coastal Management Integration Group (GIGERCO) we explored the opportunity context for the transformation of the Brazilian coastal governance system using a Theory of Transformative Agency to identify five periods of evolution. The coastal governance system shifted from an exploitation to a conservation phase (periods 1 to 3), where an increasing number of actors were getting to know the system and each other's interests turned into a moment of higher stability and resistance to change. The mobilization of social capital and higher heterogeneity of actors allowed novel strategies to emerge, generating opportunities for structural changes from a conservation towards a release phase (period 4). We argue that the recent political changes in Brazil caused a rupture in such a flourishing coastal governance process (period 5), which is now at a critical juncture that may unfold into one of three envisioned alternative scenarios: conservative regime, a new integrated and ecosystem-based regime, or a remanent of past regime properties. Our paper informs coastal governance processes across the world, highlighting the dynamic nature of the interplay between alternative institutional entrepreneurship strategies, opportunity contexts, and innovations in governance systems. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 18/00462-8 - Opportunities and weakeness of integrated coastal management on the São Paulo coast in the context of macro-metropolis governance
Grantee:Leandra Regina Gonçalves Torres
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
FAPESP's process: 16/26158-8 - Coordination of knowledge-networks for the co-evolution of Brazilian polycentric ocean governance systems
Grantee:Leopoldo Cavaleri Gerhardinger
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
FAPESP's process: 19/04481-0 - How to govern the coastal zone in the macro-metropolitan region: challenges for integrated coastal management on the São Paulo coast
Grantee:Leandra Regina Gonçalves Torres
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
FAPESP's process: 15/03804-9 - Environmental governance of macrometropolis paulista in face of climate variability
Grantee:Pedro Roberto Jacobi
Support Opportunities: Research Program on Global Climate Change - Thematic Grants