Maarten Bavinck
Biographic Data
| ID | 81699 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maarten Bavinck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maarten |
| FAMILY NAME | Bavinck |
| SIGNATURE | BAVINCK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9398-9310 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 104 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Wl-7081- Raising the Stakes in Indian Fisheries Management: Purse Seine Fishing in Tamil Nadu and Beyond
This paper considers the way in which government courts in India have dealt with the conflicts over marine purse seine fishing that have occurred since 2018 and the way these cases develop over time. Purse seine fishing has long caused strife between fisher groups in Tamil Nadu and beyond, which were initially dealt with by informal institutions mainly at the district level (Bavinck 2020). More recently, however, stakeholders have submitted petit…
Post‐Harvest Travels of Marine Fish: How Small Fish Food Systems Variously Support Food Security and Nutrition in Coastal and Inland Cities in Ghana
This paper enquires into the travels of low‐cost varieties of marine fish in the context of Ghana, distinguishing flows that move toward coastal cities versus those destined for distant, inland cities. It derives data from field research on the Ghanaian small fish food system through surveys, FGDs and interviews conducted in Accra and Tamale. It is argued that although both coastal and inland cities partake in small fish food systems, they experi…
Forum-shopping and shopping forums in Indian purse seine fisheries – an analysis of the upper ranges of a sociolegal law process
This paper enquires into the dispute resolution process of an important marine fishery in Tamil Nadu, India, in the current era. It makes use of insights drawn from Benda-Beckmann’s seminal paper (1981) that introduced the conceptual dyad “forum-shopping” and “shopping forums” to the sociolegal field of studies. While Benda-Beckmann focuses on dispute processing at the village level, this paper highlights the process whereby local disputes are in…
How Seafood Wholesale Markets Matter for Urban Food Security: Evidence from Chennai, India
Covid-19, poverty and inclusive development
The COVID-19 epidemic provides yet another reason to prioritize inclusive development. Current response strategies of the global community and countries expose a low level of solidarity with poorer nations and poorer people in all nations. Against this background, this paper addresses the question: What are the development challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic lays bare and what lessons can be learnt for the way recovery processes are designed? U…
Environmental governance theories: A review and application to coastal systems
Partelow, S., A. Schlüter, D. Armitage, M. Bavinck, K. Carlisle, R. Gruby, A.-K. Hornidge, M. Le Tissier, J. Pittman, A. M. Song, L. P. Sousa, N. Văidianu, and K. Van Assche. 2020. Environmental governance theories: a review and application to coastal systems. Ecology and Society 25(4):19. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12067-250419
Implications of legal pluralism for socio-technical transition studies – scrutinizing the ascendancy of the ring seine fishery in India
This paper considers the contribution of legal pluralism scholarship to the field of socio-technical transition studies. Making use of a case study on the changeover to ring seine fishing in India, it pays particular attention to the implications of legal pluralism – or the co-existence of multiple legal systems in a societal field – for the stability of such transitions. Ring seine fishing developed in particular niches in the 1970s to spread sw…
Broadening the perspective on ocean privatizations: An Interdisciplinary Social Science Enquiry
Schlüter, A., M. Bavinck, M. Hadjimichael, S. Partelow, A. Said, and I. Ertör. 2020. Broadening the perspective on ocean privatizations: an interdisciplinary social science enquiry. Ecology and Society 25(3):20. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11772-250320
Reconciling human rights and customary law: Legal pluralism in the governance of small-scale fisheries
The Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF Guidelines) introduce a human rights framework for fisheries management and development, suggesting an inclusive approach that embraces a range of rights, regimes and interests. These reflect diverse systems of law, values and norms, straddling both customary and statutory systems of governance and tenure. The interface between these different systems poses questions abo…
Enhancing the Wellbeing of Tamil Fishing Communities (and Government Bureaucrats too): The role of ur panchayats along the Coromandel Coast, India
Transforming asymmetrical conflicts over natural resources in the Global South
This Special Feature re-examines the relationship between natural resources and processes of conflict and cooperation as they occur in the Global South. Here we introduce key issues and reflect on learning from recent research. While covering a range of resources, contributions share an emphasis on middle-range theory in terms of moving from empirical phenomenon to analytical understanding. What emerges are nuanced understandings of conflict and …
Transforming conflicts from the bottom-up? Reflections on civil society efforts to empower marginalized fishers in postwar Sri Lanka
Scholtens, J., and M. Bavinck. 2018. Transforming conflicts from the bottom-up? Reflections on civil society efforts to empower marginalized fishers in postwar Sri Lanka. Ecology and Society 23(3):31. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10216-230331
Rethinking capitalist transformation of fisheries in South Africa and India
The industrialization of fisheries and the growth of a capitalist sector within fisheries have received considerable scholarly attention. For the most part, scholars have emphasized how capitalism has led to privatization of the commons, forced small-scale resource users into wage labor, and marginalized the sector. This analysis does not, however, explain the continued presence of such a vibrant and important small-scale sector in fisheries thro…
The Political Ecology of Palk Bay Fisheries: Geographies of Capital, Fisher Conflict, Ethnicity and Nation‐State
Indian trawl fishers in the Palk Bay regularly engage in cross‐border fishing to the detriment of Sri Lankan artisanal fishers whose nets are irreparably damaged. Increasing tension between Indian trawl fishers from the state of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lankan artisanal fishers from the Northern Province has resulted in the Sri Lankan government patrolling the international maritime boundary line (IMBL) more stringently and increased arrests of Indian …
Postscript
This article provides an overview of the special section devoted to the legacy of Franz von Benda-Beckmann in the field of legal pluralism. It describes the Motivation for the special section and introduces the various contributions. It finally identifies some common threads, emphasizing that von Benda-Beckmann's most significant contribution has been to put legal pluralism on the academic map
Contesting Inclusiveness: The Anxieties of Mechanised Fishers Over Social Boundaries in Chennai, South India
Post-tsunami relocation of fisher settlements in South Asia: Evidence from the Coromandel Coast, India
The tsunami that struck the coasts of India on 26 December 2004 resulted in the large-scale destruction of fisher habitations. The post-tsunami rehabilitation effort in Tamil Nadu was directed towards relocating fisher settlements in the interior. This paper discusses the outcomes of a study on the social effects of relocation in a sample of nine communities along the Coromandel Coast. It concludes that, although the participation of fishing comm…
Lessons for legal pluralism: Investigating the challenges of transboundary fisheries governance
Towards an elaborated theory of legal pluralism and aquatic resources
Legal pluralism in aquatic regimes: A challenge for governance
Interactive governance for sustainable fisheries: Dealing with legal pluralism
Weathering the World: Recovery in the Wake of the Tsunami in a Tamil Fishing Village
Transboundary Dialogues and the ‘Politics of Scale’ in Palk Bay Fisheries: Brothers at Sea
This article examines how the politics of scale affect a process of dialogue led by civil society actors over fishing conflicts taking place at the local level in South Asia. The location is the Palk Bay and the fishers are Tamils from India and Sri Lanka. An agreement over fishing rights reached between these fishers in August 2010 remains largely unimplemented, but takes centre stage for this article, which examines the negotiation processes in…
Investigating Poverty through the Lens of Riches – Immigration and Segregation in Indian Capture Fisheries
This article argues that in the period since 1900 marine capture fisheries are more profitably characterised by a quest for wealth than by enduring poverty. Making use of country data from India, it maintains that the blue revolution that took place in the South not only retained a steadily growing fishing population, but also provided opportunities for large numbers of immigrants, mainly in the lower echelons of the industry. It subsequently inv…
From Indifference to Mutual Support – A Comparative Analysis of Legal Pluralism in the Governing of South Asian Fisheries
Understanding Fisheries Conflicts in the South—A Legal Pluralist Perspective
Fifty years after the launching of a blue revolution in the capture fisheries of developing countries, conflicts between small-scale and industrialized fishers continue to be vehement. Our understanding of backgrounds, however, lags behind. This article seeks to give content to the issue of conflict in the context of marine capture fisheries. By connecting the conflicts that are taking place to the livelihoods of small-scale and industrialized fi…
Job Satisfaction in Fisheries Compared
Legal pluralism in aquatic regimes: A challenge for governance
Fisher regulations along the Coromandel coast: A Case of Collective Control of Common Pool Resources
The Spatially Splintered State: Myths and Realities in the Regulation of Marine Fisheries in Tamil Nadu, India
The spatial dimension of law is a neglected field of study. This article responds to suggestions that have been made to develop a 'geography of law', and investigates expressions of State-centred law regarding common pool natural resources. It asks how variations in law between lower-level territorial units are to be explained in situations where patterns of resource exploitation are similar and the overarching State proclaims an even approach. T…
From Indifference to Mutual Support – A Comparative Analysis of Legal Pluralism in the Governing of South Asian Fisheries
Introduction to the Special Issue on Job Satisfaction in Fisheries in the Global South
Assessing the social costs of capture fisheries: An Exploratory Study
English Theorists and modellers have made significant progress in defining ecological and economic parameters for measuring the "costs" of fisheries. Social dimensions have not, however, received equal attention. This article enquires into the nature of social costs and how they might be assessed in a cross-cultural perspective. The proposed approach has three underpinnings: (1) social concerns, as manifested in international declarations; (2) hu…
Towards an elaborated theory of legal pluralism and aquatic resources
Covid-19, poverty and inclusive development
The COVID-19 epidemic provides yet another reason to prioritize inclusive development. Current response strategies of the global community and countries expose a low level of solidarity with poorer nations and poorer people in all nations. Against this background, this paper addresses the question: What are the development challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic lays bare and what lessons can be learnt for the way recovery processes are designed? U…
Broadening the perspective on ocean privatizations: An Interdisciplinary Social Science Enquiry
Schlüter, A., M. Bavinck, M. Hadjimichael, S. Partelow, A. Said, and I. Ertör. 2020. Broadening the perspective on ocean privatizations: an interdisciplinary social science enquiry. Ecology and Society 25(3):20. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11772-250320
Post-tsunami relocation of fisher settlements in South Asia: Evidence from the Coromandel Coast, India
The tsunami that struck the coasts of India on 26 December 2004 resulted in the large-scale destruction of fisher habitations. The post-tsunami rehabilitation effort in Tamil Nadu was directed towards relocating fisher settlements in the interior. This paper discusses the outcomes of a study on the social effects of relocation in a sample of nine communities along the Coromandel Coast. It concludes that, although the participation of fishing comm…
Contesting Inclusiveness: The Anxieties of Mechanised Fishers Over Social Boundaries in Chennai, South India
Interactive governance for sustainable fisheries: Dealing with legal pluralism
Post‐Harvest Travels of Marine Fish: How Small Fish Food Systems Variously Support Food Security and Nutrition in Coastal and Inland Cities in Ghana
This paper enquires into the travels of low‐cost varieties of marine fish in the context of Ghana, distinguishing flows that move toward coastal cities versus those destined for distant, inland cities. It derives data from field research on the Ghanaian small fish food system through surveys, FGDs and interviews conducted in Accra and Tamale. It is argued that although both coastal and inland cities partake in small fish food systems, they experi…
How Seafood Wholesale Markets Matter for Urban Food Security: Evidence from Chennai, India
Transforming asymmetrical conflicts over natural resources in the Global South
This Special Feature re-examines the relationship between natural resources and processes of conflict and cooperation as they occur in the Global South. Here we introduce key issues and reflect on learning from recent research. While covering a range of resources, contributions share an emphasis on middle-range theory in terms of moving from empirical phenomenon to analytical understanding. What emerges are nuanced understandings of conflict and …
Lessons for legal pluralism: Investigating the challenges of transboundary fisheries governance
Transboundary Dialogues and the ‘Politics of Scale’ in Palk Bay Fisheries: Brothers at Sea
This article examines how the politics of scale affect a process of dialogue led by civil society actors over fishing conflicts taking place at the local level in South Asia. The location is the Palk Bay and the fishers are Tamils from India and Sri Lanka. An agreement over fishing rights reached between these fishers in August 2010 remains largely unimplemented, but takes centre stage for this article, which examines the negotiation processes in…
Fisher regulations along the Coromandel coast: A Case of Collective Control of Common Pool Resources
A Matter of Maintaining Peace”: State Accommodation to Subordinate Legal Systems: The Case of Fisheries along the Coromandel Coast of Tamil Nadu, India
Two legal systems emanating from different loci of authority determine the condition of fishing rights in Tamil Nadu, India. One stems from the state, the other from institutions in the fishing community. Both legal systems consist of rules rooted in a particular knowledge of marine ecology and the effects of human intervention. Fishermen law generally has greater legitimacy among fishermen; official law, however, which is backed by the power of …
The Spatially Splintered State: Myths and Realities in the Regulation of Marine Fisheries in Tamil Nadu, India
The spatial dimension of law is a neglected field of study. This article responds to suggestions that have been made to develop a 'geography of law', and investigates expressions of State-centred law regarding common pool natural resources. It asks how variations in law between lower-level territorial units are to be explained in situations where patterns of resource exploitation are similar and the overarching State proclaims an even approach. T…
Fish for Life: Interactive Governance for Fisheries
Understanding Fisheries Conflicts in the South—A Legal Pluralist Perspective
Fifty years after the launching of a blue revolution in the capture fisheries of developing countries, conflicts between small-scale and industrialized fishers continue to be vehement. Our understanding of backgrounds, however, lags behind. This article seeks to give content to the issue of conflict in the context of marine capture fisheries. By connecting the conflicts that are taking place to the livelihoods of small-scale and industrialized fi…
Assessing the social costs of capture fisheries: An Exploratory Study
English Theorists and modellers have made significant progress in defining ecological and economic parameters for measuring the "costs" of fisheries. Social dimensions have not, however, received equal attention. This article enquires into the nature of social costs and how they might be assessed in a cross-cultural perspective. The proposed approach has three underpinnings: (1) social concerns, as manifested in international declarations; (2) hu…
The performance of gender: An anthropology of everyday life in a South Indian fishing village - By Cecilia Busby
Fisheries Co-Management and Legal Pluralism: How an Analytical Problem Becomes an Institutional One
This paper addresses two issues pertaining to legal pluralism in capture fisheries, particularly with regard to the South. First there is the problem of analysis. If legal pluralism is a common phenomenon, how is it to be discerned and understood? Secondly, there is the matter of institutional design: given the pervasiveness of legal pluralism, which management institutions are better suited to represent and resolve inter-legal system differences…
The Megaengineering of Ocean Fisheries: A Century of Expansion and Rapidly Closing Frontiers
From Indifference to Mutual Support – A Comparative Analysis of Legal Pluralism in the Governing of South Asian Fisheries
Job Satisfaction in Fisheries Compared
Job Satisfaction in the Shrimp Trawl Fisheries of Chennai, India
Introduction to the Special Issue on Job Satisfaction in Fisheries in the Global South
Transboundary Dialogues and the ‘Politics of Scale’ in Palk Bay Fisheries: Brothers at Sea
This article examines how the politics of scale affect a process of dialogue led by civil society actors over fishing conflicts taking place at the local level in South Asia. The location is the Palk Bay and the fishers are Tamils from India and Sri Lanka. An agreement over fishing rights reached between these fishers in August 2010 remains largely unimplemented, but takes centre stage for this article, which examines the negotiation processes in…
Investigating Poverty through the Lens of Riches – Immigration and Segregation in Indian Capture Fisheries
This article argues that in the period since 1900 marine capture fisheries are more profitably characterised by a quest for wealth than by enduring poverty. Making use of country data from India, it maintains that the blue revolution that took place in the South not only retained a steadily growing fishing population, but also provided opportunities for large numbers of immigrants, mainly in the lower echelons of the industry. It subsequently inv…
Lessons for legal pluralism: Investigating the challenges of transboundary fisheries governance
Towards an elaborated theory of legal pluralism and aquatic resources
Legal pluralism in aquatic regimes: A challenge for governance
Interactive governance for sustainable fisheries: Dealing with legal pluralism
Weathering the World: Recovery in the Wake of the Tsunami in a Tamil Fishing Village
Postscript
This article provides an overview of the special section devoted to the legacy of Franz von Benda-Beckmann in the field of legal pluralism. It describes the Motivation for the special section and introduces the various contributions. It finally identifies some common threads, emphasizing that von Benda-Beckmann's most significant contribution has been to put legal pluralism on the academic map
Contesting Inclusiveness: The Anxieties of Mechanised Fishers Over Social Boundaries in Chennai, South India
Post-tsunami relocation of fisher settlements in South Asia: Evidence from the Coromandel Coast, India
The tsunami that struck the coasts of India on 26 December 2004 resulted in the large-scale destruction of fisher habitations. The post-tsunami rehabilitation effort in Tamil Nadu was directed towards relocating fisher settlements in the interior. This paper discusses the outcomes of a study on the social effects of relocation in a sample of nine communities along the Coromandel Coast. It concludes that, although the participation of fishing comm…
The Political Ecology of Palk Bay Fisheries: Geographies of Capital, Fisher Conflict, Ethnicity and Nation‐State
Indian trawl fishers in the Palk Bay regularly engage in cross‐border fishing to the detriment of Sri Lankan artisanal fishers whose nets are irreparably damaged. Increasing tension between Indian trawl fishers from the state of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lankan artisanal fishers from the Northern Province has resulted in the Sri Lankan government patrolling the international maritime boundary line (IMBL) more stringently and increased arrests of Indian …
Enhancing the Wellbeing of Tamil Fishing Communities (and Government Bureaucrats too): The role of ur panchayats along the Coromandel Coast, India
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