Towards an Analytical Framework for Forest Law Compliance

This paper proposes an analytical framework for forest law compliance to advance scholarly investigations of an important and growing problem. An inductive approach is taken to integrate the existing research on compliance in forestry with multiple theoretical models of rule compliance. Specific com...

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Published in:The international forestry review 2012-09, Vol.14 (3), p.326-336
Main Authors: Ramcilovic-Suominen, S., Epstein, G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Commercial forests
Commons
compliance
Compliance costs
decision making
Forest management
Forest resources
Forest Rule Compliance
forestry
forestry law
Forestry legislation
Forestry policy
Forestry research
forests
Legitimacy
motivation
Motivations
Norms
politics
Social forestry
Timber
World Bank
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Summary:This paper proposes an analytical framework for forest law compliance to advance scholarly investigations of an important and growing problem. An inductive approach is taken to integrate the existing research on compliance in forestry with multiple theoretical models of rule compliance. Specific compliance models are drawn from economic, socio-institutional and psychological perspectives on compliance behaviour. The proposed framework highlights the individual as a decision-maker that is influenced by multiple motivations, which are in turn affected by external context specific variables. In general, the motivations that are proposed to influence the compliance decision include: instrumental benefits and costs, social and personal norms, and legitimacy. The degree to which each of these is incorporated in the decisionmaking process depends upon the social, political and economic variables that characterize the external environment. The analytical framework lays the groundwork for a structured research agenda on compliance in the forest sector.
ISSN:1465-5489
2053-7778
DOI:10.1505/146554812802646611