Abstract
The sustainability of complex contractual governance in “hotbeds” depends on steering principles. Ostrom’s design principles provide an analytical framework for robust institutions that enable collective action and cooperative behaviour. The success of Ostrom’s design principles depends on the capacity of social entities to self-govern. This article explores the potential of Ostrom’s design principles as such steering principles for contractual governance in “hotbeds”. We find that the preconditions for successful contractual networks in “hotbeds” and the empirical situations underlying Ostrom’s design principles are comparable. Building on this comparability, we apply Ostrom’s design principles to contractual networks in “hotbeds” area theoretically, and then go on to demonstrate its applied value to three situations in West Papua, Indonesia.
Highlights
In West Papua, Indonesia, several local contractual networks are in place to manage the maintenance of biodiversity and establish the sustainable use of nature
Action-situation from both theories are being compared and tested to answer the following two research questions: First, can Ostrom’s design principles serve as steering principles for functioning contract governance frameworks (Part I)? Second, how can they be embedded into contractual networks (Part II)? Ostrom’s design principles, derived from robust self-organized institutions for sustainable resources, do not focus on specific rules but on underlying theoretical arguments to match the rules of the system to the biophysical condition and community characteristics (Ostrom, 2005b)
Networks? With respect to the first question, we found that contractual networks may be used as a governance tool for sustainable natural resources management in hotbed areas
Summary
In West Papua, Indonesia, several local contractual networks are in place to manage the maintenance of biodiversity and establish the sustainable use of nature. The authors have shown that based on this literature, the success of collective action, and the realization of the regulatory function of contracts, is largely determined by whether the contractual relationship is governed by common steering principles, which incentivize cooperation (Haryanto & Purnhagen, 2019). In hotbeds, such as the ones we are discussing here, such steering principles need to be disconnected from state-centred regulation (Haryanto & Purnhagen, 2019). We will first introduce Ostrom’s design principles before we elaborate on their transferability to network contracts
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