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Improving Governability – Reflections for Future Applications

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Governability of Fisheries and Aquaculture

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The purpose of this chapter is twofold. First of all, it presents the major scholarly discussions with regard to the features and systems in interactive governance theory, highlighting the concept of governability. Secondly, it aims to introduce examples from other scholarly work on interactive governance to illustrate where progress has been made and further reinforcement is needed. The author concludes that governability has not only proven to be a rich concept and a source for further theoretical work, but that it can also be fruitfully applied to societal sectors or systems such as fisheries.

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    Jan Kooiman

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    Maarten Bavinck

  2. , Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Main Office: SN2012, St. John's, A1B 3X9, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

    Ratana Chuenpagdee

  3. , Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø, Office A 378, Tromsø, 9037, Norway

    Svein Jentoft

  4. , Centre for Maritime Research, Erasmus University, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, Amsterdam, 1018 VZ, Netherlands

    Jan Kooiman

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Kooiman, J. (2013). Improving Governability – Reflections for Future Applications. In: Bavinck, M., Chuenpagdee, R., Jentoft, S., Kooiman, J. (eds) Governability of Fisheries and Aquaculture. MARE Publication Series, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6107-0_19

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