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Power,Par)cipa)onandMSP

WesleyFlanneryQueen’sUniversityBelfastEmail:[email protected]:@WesleyFlannery

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AwordaboutPower

•  AhaspoweroverBtotheextentthatAcangetBtodowhatheotherwisewouldnotdo

•  PowertoandPowerover•  Poweraswielded•  Foucaultarguesthatpowerisnotwielded...

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Really?

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Overview

•  WhyMSP?AndMSPasa‘raBonal’process•  MSPasanextendedprocess•  AbriefintroducBontopower•  Examplesofpower,parBcipaBon,exclusioninMSP

•  Wayforward

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MarineManagement:AspaBalturnThreeinterrelatedissues:1.  IncreasingindustrialisaBonofmarineareas.

2.  Increasingconflictamongstmarineusers.

3.  IncreasedcumulaBvepressuresonmarineecosystems.

ArisingfromFragmentedandSectoralgovernance.

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GovernanceIssuesTheIrishSea NorthSea

Source:AMPMER,2004 Source:Maesetal.,2005

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Fishing

Rene

wableEne

rgy

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aculture

Tourism

Oil&Gas

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Decision Decision Decision DecisionDecision Decision

Gov.Dept

Gov.Dept

Gov.Dept

Gov.Dept

Gov.Dept

Gov.Dept

SectoralManagement

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SpaBalFragmentaBon

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FragmentedGovernance

Crowderetal.,2006

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MarineSpaBalPlanning

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Decision Decision Decision DecisionDecision Decision

MarineSpaBalPlan

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MSP:AMovefromchaosto....

Maesetal.,2005

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SpaBallyPlanned

Maesetal.,2005

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The‘RaBonal’MSPProcess

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Decision Decision Decision DecisionDecision Decision

MarineSpaBalPlan

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Whatis‘raBonality’?

•  Alogicthatcanbededucedfromreasonalone?

•  RaBonalityiscontextdependentandthecontextofraBonalityispower(Flyvbjerg,1998).

•  RaBonaliBesconstructedwithinplanningprocessesareneverimparBal,theyare“framedonspecific,andoaenunarBculatedassumpBonsandvalues”thatreflectthehegemonyortheinterestsofpowerfulactors(Flanneryetal.2016,p.123).

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WhatisRaBonality?•  RaBonalityshould,therefore,bereadas“thelegi+mizingofpower,ratherthanasachallengetoit”(JonesandPorter,1994,p.2).

•  RaBonalityisnotalogicthatcanbededucedfromreasonalone

•  RaBonalityissociallyconstructedwithinparBcularcontextswhichreflectprevailingpowerrelaBons.

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MSPasaraBonalprocess?

•  the“raBonalorganizaBonoftheuseofmarinespace”(Douvere2008,p.766).

•  Thephrase‘raBonalorganizaBon’advancestheideathatthereisanunproblemaBcspaBallogicthatcanbedeployedtoorganisethemanyactorswhocompeteforlocaBons.

•  ThisasocialandapoliBcalconceptualisaBonofMSPviewsitasalogicalprocess,sifngabovepower,whichwillproducearaBonaluseofmarineareas.

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The‘RaBonal’MSPProcess

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Decision Decision Decision DecisionDecision Decision

MarineSpaBalPlan

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FourPhasesofPlanningPhase1

NormaBvePhase2Strategic

Phase3OperaBonal

Phase4Monitoring

Desiredendsandideals

themeanstoachievestatedgoalsandobjecBvesareselected

MeanstoachievegoalsarespecifiedthroughSpecific,Measurable,Assignable,RealisBc,Time-related(SMART)objecBvesandimplemented

Monitoringandassessment

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ExamplesphasesofplanningPhase1

Norma)vePhase2Strategic

Phase3Opera)onal

Phase4Monitoring

ConserveFishStocks

SelecBonmadefrom:

MPAs,Quotas,reducelicences,

Demand:Tax,educaBon

DesignandimplementMPAs(%

targets,Bmeframe)–bringfisherstothe

table

MonitortheeffecBvenessoftheMPA(butprobablynotmonitorthesocio-economicimpacts)

POWER

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Power

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Power•  MulBpledefiniBonsand

conceptualisaBonsofpower(Powerto,over,with,within,against,etc;poliBcal,social,etc;individual,networked,etc.)

•  CommonquesBon:howispoweriscreatedandexercisedinsociety

•  Goal:introducethreesourcesofpowerandthreetypesofpower.

PowerSources1.  RelaBonalPower2.  DiscursivePower3.  IdeologicalPowerActualisa)onofPower:1.  CoerciveandDecision-

making2.  BiasandFraming3.  ManipulaBvePower

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SourcesofPower

•  Cannotalwaysbeseparated–highlyinterrelated;willmakereadingsavailable.

1.  RelaBonalPower–myunderstandingderivedfromBourdieu’stheories.

2.  DiscursivePower–derivedfromFoucault,Mouffe,Swyngedouw.

3.  IdeologicalPower–derivedfromLukes,BourdieuandFoucault.

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RelaBonalSourcesofPower

•  Powerisderivedfrom:–  anactorsposiBoninasocietyornetwork;

–  theiraccessto,andaccumulaBonof,differentformsofcapital(social,poliBcal,financial,knowledge,symbolic,etc.);

– andtheircapacitytotransformoneformofcapitalintoanother.

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DiscursiveSourceofPower

•  Discursivepowerrelatedtobiasandframing.•  CreatedthroughdominaBngdiscourses– ControllingtheseenablessomeactorstolimittheacBonsofothers

– Powerisdiscursiveinsofarasitiswrinen/spokenintoframingofissues

–  ItisidenBfiablebythedominatedbuttheyarerelaBvelypowerlesstochallengeit

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IdeologicalSourceofPower•  Ideologicalpoweris,

oaen,invisibleasitcomesfromthecreaBonofsystemsofthought.

•  Itssourceishowactorsunderstandthemselvesandothersinsociety–theirsocialconsciousness.

•  Mayhavebeencreatedthroughdiscoursebutcanprevailbeyondthediscourse

•  Comesfrom:–  internalisedbiases–  falseconsciousness

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1.Coerciveanddecision-makingpower

•  ThistypeofPowerisvisibleandwielded.

•  Coercive:AhaspoweroverBtotheextentthatAcangetBtodosomethingthatBwouldnototherwisedo.

•  Requiresacceptanceofsocialorder–  AknowshowBwillreactduetothepredictabilityofsocialorder

–  BconfirmsA’spowerbyreacBnginthemannerthatispredictedfromunderstandingthisorder

•  Decision-makingpower:Anindividualcandecidewhichintereststopursue.

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2.BiasandFraming

•  ThisPowerislessvisible•  Bias:AexercisespoweroverBbykeepingB’sinterestsofftheagenda.–  Bknowswhattheirinterestis–butalsoknowsthelimitsofprevailingcondiBons.

–  ForBtoacttheyneedAtoconfirmthatB’sinterestsarelegiBmate/valid.

•  Framing:AexercisespowertopreservetheirinterestbylimiBngdiscussion/debatetoitemsthatareharmlesstoA.

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3.ManipulaBve•  Hidden/InvisiblePower•  Lukes:Aexercisespower

overB,whenAgetsBtodoA’sbiddingevenwhenitisagainstB’srealinterest.

•  Foucault:Aactsintheirowninterest,createsdiscourses,knowledgeandtechnologieswhichtakeonalifeoftheirownand,unintenBonally,mayshapetheconductofB.

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PowerandPar)cipa)oninMSP

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StakeholderPar)cipa)onandMSP

Intheory:1.  Minimiseuserconflict.2.  AccountforcumulaBve

impacts.3.  Increaseknowledgeofthe

ecosystems.4.  Enhancedtrustin

planningprocess.5.  Promotesacceptanceof

plans.6.  Leadstogreater

implementaBon.

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MSP,ParBcipaBonandPower•  EmergingMSPpracBceappearstobepost-poliBcal(Ritchie2014,Flanneryetal.,2016,Tafon,2017)

•  MSP:–  dominatedbyneoliberallogicdiscourse;– Apost-ideologicalconsensusisdevelopingaroundtheverypurposeofMSP=BlueGrowth–noroomforotherissues(e.g.AlleviaBngcoastalpoverty).

–  uncriBcallyfocusesonproducingtechnologicalormanagerialfixesforcomplexsocio-poliBcalissues(Flannery,etal2016);

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FourphasesofMSPPhase1

Norma)vePhase2Strategic

Phase3Opera)onal

Phase4Monitoring

SpaBallyplannedmarine

environment

Servewiderpublicinterest(e.galleviaBon

ofcoastalpoverty),

preservethestatusquo,toolforthe

neoliberalisaBonofmarinegovernance;De-Growth

CollectandcollatespaBaldata,GISdatabases,

bringstakeholderstothetable,arguethatplansare

raBonalbasedontheacBons

above

MonitorthesuccessofMSPin

achievingitsowngoals–no

anenBongivento

unintendedimpacts,

collectmorespaBaldata,

repeatPhase3

PoliBcal Post-PoliBcal

RaBonality ParBcipaBon

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IllusionofInclusion

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ExamplesofPowerinMSP

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“AkeycomponentofanypoliBcalstrategyisfindingadecisionsefngthatoffersthebestprospectsforreachingone’spolicygoals”(Pralle,2003).

NaBonalGovernment

PlanningTeam

ParBcipaBonProcess

PowerfulStakeholder

WeakStakeholder

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NorthSeaPlan

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ChannelIslandsNa)onalMarineSanctuary

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CINMS:Rela)onalPower?

SanctuarySuperintendent

SanctuaryPlanningTeam(DraaPlan)

StakeholderAdvisoryCouncil(CollaboraBvePlanningIniBaBve)

ConservaBon Tourism Shipping RecreaBon Fishers

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EasternSco)anShelfIntegratedManagementIni)a)ve

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ESSIMCollabora)vePlanningModel

ESSIM Forum

ESSIM Planning O

ffice

Government Sector

Structure

Stakeholder Advisory Council

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BiasandFraming?

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Rela)onalPower?

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IdeologicalPower?

Flanneryetal.,2018

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Wayforward

•  PoweriseasytoidenBfybuthardtoclassify•  WeneedtounderstandthetypeandsourceofpowerwithinMSP

•  NeedtoengagewithMSPfrombeginning–ortraceitsraBonaliBes

•  NeedtocapturetheradicalpotenBalofMSP– DevelopprogressivefutureMSPvisions– ExplorehowtheycouldbeachievedthroughtransiBonlens(Kellyetal.,2018)

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Wayforward

•  StopsellingMSPasaraBonalprocess!•  DonotdefineMSPsuccessinnarrow,economicterms–e.g.Speedofpermifngprocess

•  Emphasizesocial,power,poliBcaldimensions•  Actasadvocatesforthosewithoutpower•  MSPisagoodidea–needtounderstandwhatplanningcanachievebeyond‘theraBonaluseofmarinespace’.

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ForPaddle

•  IhavereadMSPthroughNorthern,MetropolitanSocialTheory

•  OpportunitytoapplynewsociologicallensestoMSPinPADDLE

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Thanksforlistening

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