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Regimes of justification: competing arguments and the construction of legitimacy in Dutch nature conservation practices

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  • Irma Arts
  • Arjen E. Buijs
  • Gerard Verschoor

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Legitimacy of environmental management and policies is an important topic in environmental research. Based on the notion of ‘regimes of justification’, we aim to analyse the dynamics in argumentations used to legitimize and de-legitimize Dutch nature conservation practices. Contrary to prior studies, we demonstrate how actors in two locations where environmental disputes arose showed little willingness to switch between arguments in order to reach a compromise. Instead, some actors constructed incompatibilities between arguments in order to delegitimize competing actors. Especially in the visioning phase, institutional actors emphasized technical efficiency, planning and global environmentalism, and arguments related to emotional accounts, inspiration and locality were de-legitimized. In the discussion, we argue that it is not the formal or informal inclusion of the actors in the process, but the construction of the legitimacy of their arguments that determines the inclusiveness and outcome of the process.

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  • Irma Arts & Arjen E. Buijs & Gerard Verschoor, 2018. "Regimes of justification: competing arguments and the construction of legitimacy in Dutch nature conservation practices," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 61(5-6), pages 1070-1084, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:61:y:2018:i:5-6:p:1070-1084
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2017.1319346
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    1. Buijs, Arjen & Kamphorst, Dana & Mattijssen, Thomas & van Dam, Rosalie & Kuindersma, Wiebren & Bouwma, Irene, 2022. "Policy discourses for reconnecting nature with society: The search for societal engagement in Dutch nature conservation policies," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
    2. Héloïse Valette, 2024. "Analysing the Evolution of Water Governance Models in Indonesia Through the Economies of Worth Framework," Post-Print hal-04412387, HAL.

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