Candace K May
Biographic Data
| ID | 4257278 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Candace K May |
| GIVEN NAMES | Candace K |
| FAMILY NAME | May |
| SIGNATURE | MAY C K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Colorado State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6029-8943 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Recognizing, reinforcing, and strengthening community capacity through researcher–community partnerships
Planning and managing for resilient natural resources and communities in the USA
The EPA Organon is a collaborative framework for resilience planning created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to advance partner-centered collaborations to protect human health and the environment. An “organon” is a thought instrument, and in the case of the EPA Organon is comprised of an organizing structure, guiding principles, information resources, and project examples that are used to improve coordinated flow of information …
Power & Moral Capital - a 'Theory Of Access' For People Receiving Public Assistance In Rural Usa
In-depth interviews with people using public assistance in a rural place in the United States demonstrated barriers to accessing resources through formal work and self-provisioning and the ability to benefit from use of public assistance—low income means-tested medical, nutritional, financial, or other services from state, federal, or non-governmental agencies. The Theory of Access (TOA) was used as a framework to organize participant narratives …
Complex adaptive governance systems
The decade of ocean science for sustainable development
Governing Resilience through Power
Scholars of socioecological resilience are calling for approaches that will aid understanding of the articulations of structure, power, and agency in adaptations toward resilience. This article presents a framework designed to guide analyses of structure and agency through three different forms of power: structural, differential, and systemic. It applies the framework to a case study of a fishery-dependent Louisiana town, which was rebuilt and re…
Addressing conflict through collective action in natural resource management
The food security crisis and international “land grabs” have drawn renewed attention to the role of natural resource competition in the livelihoods of the rural poor. While significant empirical research has focused on diagnosing the links between natural resource competition and (violent) conflict, much less has focused on the dynamics of whether and how resource competition can be transformed to strengthen social-ecological resilience and mitig…
Visibility and Invisibility
A visibility–power framework emerged from a case study of conflict over the use of commercial gill nets in North Carolina fisheries. Findings from field observations, interviews, and analysis of documents, policies, and existing statistics demonstrated that while gill nets were highly visible as a regulatory target regarding environmental protection and conservation, recreational fishing and coastal development were relatively invisible. This has…
Resource conflict, collective action, and resilience
Where access to renewable natural resources essential to rural livelihoods is highly contested, improving cooperation in resource management is an important element in strategies for peacebuilding and conflict prevention. While researchers have made advances in assessing the role of environmental resources as a causal factor in civil conflict, analysis of the positive potential of collective natural resource management efforts to reduce broader c…
Resource conflict, collective action, and resilience
Where access to renewable natural resources essential to rural livelihoods is highly contested, improving cooperation in resource management is an important element in strategies for peacebuilding and conflict prevention. While researchers have made advances in assessing the role of environmental resources as a causal factor in civil conflict, analysis of the positive potential of collective natural resource management efforts to reduce broader c…
Power across scales and levels of fisheries governance
Achieving sustainability in US fisheries
The United States government is moving toward a co‐management model to fishery governance based on stakeholder engagement. As essential stakeholders, the participation of local fishermen and their communities is fundamental for the efficiency and effectiveness of regulations and the sustainability of the nation's fisheries. However, the emphasis on stakeholder engagement is a substantial barrier to local participation. The author situates this ba…
Drug Courts
Social capital is a variable resource embedded in all social networks. Although the majority of work on social capital describes it as contributing to socially beneficial outcomes, it also contributes to deviant activities. In addition to laying a theoretical basis for understanding the deviant potentials of social capital, this paper argues that a change in social networks results in a change in social capital. Using data collected from adult dr…
Governing Resilience through Power
Scholars of socioecological resilience are calling for approaches that will aid understanding of the articulations of structure, power, and agency in adaptations toward resilience. This article presents a framework designed to guide analyses of structure and agency through three different forms of power: structural, differential, and systemic. It applies the framework to a case study of a fishery-dependent Louisiana town, which was rebuilt and re…
Addressing conflict through collective action in natural resource management
The food security crisis and international “land grabs” have drawn renewed attention to the role of natural resource competition in the livelihoods of the rural poor. While significant empirical research has focused on diagnosing the links between natural resource competition and (violent) conflict, much less has focused on the dynamics of whether and how resource competition can be transformed to strengthen social-ecological resilience and mitig…
Visibility and Invisibility
A visibility–power framework emerged from a case study of conflict over the use of commercial gill nets in North Carolina fisheries. Findings from field observations, interviews, and analysis of documents, policies, and existing statistics demonstrated that while gill nets were highly visible as a regulatory target regarding environmental protection and conservation, recreational fishing and coastal development were relatively invisible. This has…
Power across scales and levels of fisheries governance
Resource conflict, collective action, and resilience
Where access to renewable natural resources essential to rural livelihoods is highly contested, improving cooperation in resource management is an important element in strategies for peacebuilding and conflict prevention. While researchers have made advances in assessing the role of environmental resources as a causal factor in civil conflict, analysis of the positive potential of collective natural resource management efforts to reduce broader c…
Drug Courts
Social capital is a variable resource embedded in all social networks. Although the majority of work on social capital describes it as contributing to socially beneficial outcomes, it also contributes to deviant activities. In addition to laying a theoretical basis for understanding the deviant potentials of social capital, this paper argues that a change in social networks results in a change in social capital. Using data collected from adult dr…
Achieving sustainability in US fisheries
The United States government is moving toward a co‐management model to fishery governance based on stakeholder engagement. As essential stakeholders, the participation of local fishermen and their communities is fundamental for the efficiency and effectiveness of regulations and the sustainability of the nation's fisheries. However, the emphasis on stakeholder engagement is a substantial barrier to local participation. The author situates this ba…
Drug Courts
Social capital is a variable resource embedded in all social networks. Although the majority of work on social capital describes it as contributing to socially beneficial outcomes, it also contributes to deviant activities. In addition to laying a theoretical basis for understanding the deviant potentials of social capital, this paper argues that a change in social networks results in a change in social capital. Using data collected from adult dr…
Resource conflict, collective action, and resilience
Where access to renewable natural resources essential to rural livelihoods is highly contested, improving cooperation in resource management is an important element in strategies for peacebuilding and conflict prevention. While researchers have made advances in assessing the role of environmental resources as a causal factor in civil conflict, analysis of the positive potential of collective natural resource management efforts to reduce broader c…
Resource conflict, collective action, and resilience
Where access to renewable natural resources essential to rural livelihoods is highly contested, improving cooperation in resource management is an important element in strategies for peacebuilding and conflict prevention. While researchers have made advances in assessing the role of environmental resources as a causal factor in civil conflict, analysis of the positive potential of collective natural resource management efforts to reduce broader c…
Power across scales and levels of fisheries governance
Visibility and Invisibility
A visibility–power framework emerged from a case study of conflict over the use of commercial gill nets in North Carolina fisheries. Findings from field observations, interviews, and analysis of documents, policies, and existing statistics demonstrated that while gill nets were highly visible as a regulatory target regarding environmental protection and conservation, recreational fishing and coastal development were relatively invisible. This has…
Addressing conflict through collective action in natural resource management
The food security crisis and international “land grabs” have drawn renewed attention to the role of natural resource competition in the livelihoods of the rural poor. While significant empirical research has focused on diagnosing the links between natural resource competition and (violent) conflict, much less has focused on the dynamics of whether and how resource competition can be transformed to strengthen social-ecological resilience and mitig…
Governing Resilience through Power
Scholars of socioecological resilience are calling for approaches that will aid understanding of the articulations of structure, power, and agency in adaptations toward resilience. This article presents a framework designed to guide analyses of structure and agency through three different forms of power: structural, differential, and systemic. It applies the framework to a case study of a fishery-dependent Louisiana town, which was rebuilt and re…
Complex adaptive governance systems
The decade of ocean science for sustainable development
Power & Moral Capital - a 'Theory Of Access' For People Receiving Public Assistance In Rural Usa
In-depth interviews with people using public assistance in a rural place in the United States demonstrated barriers to accessing resources through formal work and self-provisioning and the ability to benefit from use of public assistance—low income means-tested medical, nutritional, financial, or other services from state, federal, or non-governmental agencies. The Theory of Access (TOA) was used as a framework to organize participant narratives …
Recognizing, reinforcing, and strengthening community capacity through researcher–community partnerships
Planning and managing for resilient natural resources and communities in the USA
The EPA Organon is a collaborative framework for resilience planning created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to advance partner-centered collaborations to protect human health and the environment. An “organon” is a thought instrument, and in the case of the EPA Organon is comprised of an organizing structure, guiding principles, information resources, and project examples that are used to improve coordinated flow of information …
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