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How does former state involvement impact the adoption of new modes of governance in contexts of limited statehood? New modes of governance (market-based, participatory, or multilevel) are not created on institutional blank slates but occur in contexts where the legacies of institutional contestation matters. These contexts help to understand the adoption and impact of new modes of governance. This chapter explores this in a case study of the adoption of new modes of biodiversity governance in the Dominican Republic. Strong hierarchical control by the state had created a significant protected area system but by the 2000s this control had weakened significantly. The resulting new modes of governance were limited largely by networks fostered under the system of hierarchical control.
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Stevens, C. (2017). Remnants of Hierarchy: The Limits on New Modes of Biodiversity Governance in the Dominican Republic. In: Esguerra, A., Helmerich, N., Risse, T. (eds) Sustainability Politics and Limited Statehood. Governance and Limited Statehood. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39871-6_7
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