Abstract
Natural Resource Management (NRM) and Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) have been guiding frameworks in Australia
for a number of decades. Recently, NRM and ESD have become central to climate change mitigation. In this paper, we explore
the psychological paradoxes that function within climate change settings, with particular attention devoted to the way that
research and development reinforces these paradoxes by advocating for participatory forms of inquiry. Paradox emerges in NRM
at psychological, institutional, and organisational levels. Paradoxes are also features of different forms of democracy such
as neoliberal and participatory democracy. Although NRM, ESD and climate change are often conceptualised as distinct issue
domains, these policy areas are fundamentally interconnected in both theory and in practice. This interconnection between
these policy and research settings, reflections on paradox, and the experience of incorporating community psychology into
the paradoxical settings of NRM and climate change are captured in this paper.
for a number of decades. Recently, NRM and ESD have become central to climate change mitigation. In this paper, we explore
the psychological paradoxes that function within climate change settings, with particular attention devoted to the way that
research and development reinforces these paradoxes by advocating for participatory forms of inquiry. Paradox emerges in NRM
at psychological, institutional, and organisational levels. Paradoxes are also features of different forms of democracy such
as neoliberal and participatory democracy. Although NRM, ESD and climate change are often conceptualised as distinct issue
domains, these policy areas are fundamentally interconnected in both theory and in practice. This interconnection between
these policy and research settings, reflections on paradox, and the experience of incorporating community psychology into
the paradoxical settings of NRM and climate change are captured in this paper.
- Content Type Journal Article
- DOI 10.1007/s10464-010-9390-1
- Authors
- A. L. Browne, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
- B. J. Bishop, School of Psychology, Western Australia and Australian Research Centre for Water in Society, CSIRO Land and Water, Curtin University of Technology, Bentley, WA Australia
- Journal American Journal of Community Psychology
- Online ISSN 1573-2770
- Print ISSN 0091-0562