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Finding the Political ‘Sweet Spot’: Sectional Interests, Consensus Power, and the Everglades Restudy (1992–2000)

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  • Mary Dengler

    (Department of Geography, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, England)

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Collaborative decision making and management frequently encompass a diverse range of scenarios. The author explores a specific mechanism of collaboration: the inclusion of competing sectional interests in an ad hoc organization with consensus governance rules to influence an ongoing planning process. Drawing from an empirical study of the Everglades Restudy process (1992–2000), the author analyzes how and why the Governor's Commission for a Sustainable South Florida offered planners and US Congress the sociopolitically acceptable conceptual framing for a multipurpose water management plan. Inclusion of legitimate representatives from powerful sectional interests, consensus governance rules, and time for building social capital were qualities that positioned the organization to assume an influential role in the governance regime of the planning process.

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  • Mary Dengler, 2008. "Finding the Political ‘Sweet Spot’: Sectional Interests, Consensus Power, and the Everglades Restudy (1992–2000)," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 40(4), pages 766-784, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:40:y:2008:i:4:p:766-784
    DOI: 10.1068/a3965
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