Tracing Process to Performance of Collaborative Governance
A Comparative Case Study of Federal Hydropower Licensing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6330552 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicola Ulibarri (0000-0001-6238-9056, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 283-308 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy Studies Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/psj.12096 |
| OpenAlex | W1604090830 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 61 |
| References cited | 47 |
Despite collaborative governance's popularity, whether collaboration improves policy performance remains uncertain. This study assesses the link between collaborative decision making and licensed environmental management protocols in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC's) process for licensing hydropower facilities in the United States. Using results from a previous study of FERC relicensing (Ulibarri, forthcoming), one high‐, one medium‐, and one low‐collaboration case were selected. Using documents including meeting minutes, public comments, and issued licenses, I assessed collaboration and license outputs, then conducted process tracing to examine whether and how differences in collaboration produced differences in license quality. High collaboration resulted in jointly developed and highly implementable operating regimes designed to improve numerous resources, while low collaboration resulted in operating requirements that ignored environmental concerns raised by stakeholders and lacked implementation provisions. These results support the hypothesis that collaboration can improve environmental outcomes, revealing the pragmatic value of collaboration. [Correction added on 13 January 2015, after first online publication: the occurrences of ‘0’ in the abstract were erroneous and have now been corrected
Business · Collaborative governance · Commission · Corporate governance · Economics · Environmental economics · Hydropower · License · Political science · Politics · Popularity · Process (computing · Process management · Process tracing · Computer Science · Engineering · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Regulation and Compliance Studies · Finance
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Searching for the Good Plan
Environmental governance
Case Study Research
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Local Institutions and Environmental Outcomes
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The Implementation of Public Policy
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Fostering Learning through Collaboration
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Citizen Participation and Environmental Risk
| Unique citing works | 61 |
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| Citations per year | 5,55 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 59 |