Acceptance of a Payment for Ecosystem Services Scheme: The Decisive Influence of Collective Action

作者:Del Corso Jean Pierre; Thi Dieu Phuong Genevieve Nguyen; Kephaliacos Charilaos
来源:Environmental Values, 2017, 26(2): 177-202.
DOI:10.3197/096327117X14847335385517

摘要

<jats:p> As scholars have shown, acceptance is key to the success of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) scheme. While many studies adopt a static cost-benefit perspective, few address the social process leading to acceptance. Drawing on Suchman (1995), this article examines the legitimacy process underlying the acceptance of a PES in agriculture. In particular, the role of collective action in the legitimisation process is analysed, using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods of discourse analysis. Data from an agro-environmental PES scheme in France on water quality shows that acceptance depends on the normative and cognitive legitimacy that actors confer upon a public policy. </jats:p>

  • 出版日期2017-4