Institutional Misfits: Law and Habits in Finnish Wolf Policy
Finland has struggled with formulating and implementing policies regarding the national grey wolf (Canis lupus) population. It seems that after major institutional adjustments undertaken to improve wolf protection, the wolf population has, in fact, decreased. This calls for an explanation. My approa...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b8dbfd319b2d4de8a01b819507e6d459 2023-05-15T15:49:36+02:00 Institutional Misfits: Law and Habits in Finnish Wolf Policy Juha Hiedanpää 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-05302-180124 https://doaj.org/article/b8dbfd319b2d4de8a01b819507e6d459 EN eng Resilience Alliance http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss1/art24/ https://doaj.org/toc/1708-3087 1708-3087 doi:10.5751/ES-05302-180124 https://doaj.org/article/b8dbfd319b2d4de8a01b819507e6d459 Ecology and Society, Vol 18, Iss 1, p 24 (2013) grey wolf ( Canis lupus ) habits institutional fit institutions policy pragmatism Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5 article 2013 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-05302-180124 2022-12-31T11:27:49Z Finland has struggled with formulating and implementing policies regarding the national grey wolf (Canis lupus) population. It seems that after major institutional adjustments undertaken to improve wolf protection, the wolf population has, in fact, decreased. This calls for an explanation. My approach to the question of institutional fit builds upon classical institutional economics and pragmatism. I will apply Charles S. Peirce's conception of habits and his theory of categories and the idea of normative sciences. The case study from southwestern Finland shows that if the institutional designers would address the habits of feeling, mind, and action, including their own, that frame and constitute the problematic situation and potential solutions, the critical conditions of institutional fit would be more tangible and easier to identify and handle. As long as policy adjustments are reactive and compulsive and not built upon a reasonable engagement of whole epistemic community in habit-breaking and habit-taking, policies will most likely fail. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Ecology and Society 18 1 |
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Finland has struggled with formulating and implementing policies regarding the national grey wolf (Canis lupus) population. It seems that after major institutional adjustments undertaken to improve wolf protection, the wolf population has, in fact, decreased. This calls for an explanation. My approach to the question of institutional fit builds upon classical institutional economics and pragmatism. I will apply Charles S. Peirce's conception of habits and his theory of categories and the idea of normative sciences. The case study from southwestern Finland shows that if the institutional designers would address the habits of feeling, mind, and action, including their own, that frame and constitute the problematic situation and potential solutions, the critical conditions of institutional fit would be more tangible and easier to identify and handle. As long as policy adjustments are reactive and compulsive and not built upon a reasonable engagement of whole epistemic community in habit-breaking and habit-taking, policies will most likely fail. |
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