Evolution and diversity of institutions: Using institutional grammar to analyze governance changes in traditional crop-livestock systems

Traditional mixed crop-livestock systems face increased social and environmental uncertainties that arise from both endogenous (i.e., socio-demographics) and exogenous drivers of change (i.e., policy interventions). Adaptations are thus needed for their long-term continuity. The Institutional Analys...

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Main Authors: Irene Pérez-Ibarra, Alicia Tenza-Peral, Diego Soler-Navarro, Diego Arahuetes-de la Iglesia, Carmen Garate-Marín
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author Irene Pérez-Ibarra
Alicia Tenza-Peral
Diego Soler-Navarro
Diego Arahuetes-de la Iglesia
Carmen Garate-Marín
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description Traditional mixed crop-livestock systems face increased social and environmental uncertainties that arise from both endogenous (i.e., socio-demographics) and exogenous drivers of change (i.e., policy interventions). Adaptations are thus needed for their long-term continuity. The Institutional Analysis and Development Framework’s rules typology and the Institutional Grammar are used here to analyze institutional diversity in relation to the use of natural resources and temporal changes in institutions. We used data obtained from qualitative interviews with local farmers within communities in a semiarid area in Spain. Our objective was to analyze the institutional arrangements used over the last few decades relative to sharing common resources (pastures and water) and maintaining public infrastructures. Results show great diversity in institutional arrangements in the farming communities studied, associated mainly with the type of property rights of pastures (communal, public, private) and the level of collective actions needed in response to endogenous and exogenous drivers of change. This study allows us to propose a robust methodological approach to qualitatively analyze institutional arrangements associated with the use of natural resources in farming systems, and to discuss how institutions adapt to policy changes and to new social and environmental realities.
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spelling doaj-art-b07618479583418cb81c96bdc050fd1e2025-01-09T16:26:11ZengOpenEditionInternational Review of Public Policy2679-38732706-62742023-08-01516117910.4000/irpp.3332Evolution and diversity of institutions: Using institutional grammar to analyze governance changes in traditional crop-livestock systemsIrene Pérez-IbarraAlicia Tenza-PeralDiego Soler-NavarroDiego Arahuetes-de la IglesiaCarmen Garate-MarínTraditional mixed crop-livestock systems face increased social and environmental uncertainties that arise from both endogenous (i.e., socio-demographics) and exogenous drivers of change (i.e., policy interventions). Adaptations are thus needed for their long-term continuity. The Institutional Analysis and Development Framework’s rules typology and the Institutional Grammar are used here to analyze institutional diversity in relation to the use of natural resources and temporal changes in institutions. We used data obtained from qualitative interviews with local farmers within communities in a semiarid area in Spain. Our objective was to analyze the institutional arrangements used over the last few decades relative to sharing common resources (pastures and water) and maintaining public infrastructures. Results show great diversity in institutional arrangements in the farming communities studied, associated mainly with the type of property rights of pastures (communal, public, private) and the level of collective actions needed in response to endogenous and exogenous drivers of change. This study allows us to propose a robust methodological approach to qualitatively analyze institutional arrangements associated with the use of natural resources in farming systems, and to discuss how institutions adapt to policy changes and to new social and environmental realities.https://journals.openedition.org/irpp/3332resilienceCollective-actioncommon-pool resourcesinstitutional diversityinstitutional evolutionpasture management
spellingShingle Irene Pérez-Ibarra
Alicia Tenza-Peral
Diego Soler-Navarro
Diego Arahuetes-de la Iglesia
Carmen Garate-Marín
Evolution and diversity of institutions: Using institutional grammar to analyze governance changes in traditional crop-livestock systems
International Review of Public Policy
resilience
Collective-action
common-pool resources
institutional diversity
institutional evolution
pasture management
title Evolution and diversity of institutions: Using institutional grammar to analyze governance changes in traditional crop-livestock systems
title_full Evolution and diversity of institutions: Using institutional grammar to analyze governance changes in traditional crop-livestock systems
title_fullStr Evolution and diversity of institutions: Using institutional grammar to analyze governance changes in traditional crop-livestock systems
title_full_unstemmed Evolution and diversity of institutions: Using institutional grammar to analyze governance changes in traditional crop-livestock systems
title_short Evolution and diversity of institutions: Using institutional grammar to analyze governance changes in traditional crop-livestock systems
title_sort evolution and diversity of institutions using institutional grammar to analyze governance changes in traditional crop livestock systems
topic resilience
Collective-action
common-pool resources
institutional diversity
institutional evolution
pasture management
url https://journals.openedition.org/irpp/3332
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