Michael G. Schechter

Globalization : effects on fisheries resources

Globalization is a multidimensional issue, and its impacts on world resources cross and integrate environmental, economic, political, and cultural boundaries. Over the last few decades, the push towards globalization has brought a new dimension in which managers of fisheries and water resources will need to operate, both at the local and global level of governance. In order to address effectively the future sustainability of these resources, it is critical to understand the driving factors of globalization and their effect on fisheries ecosystems and the people who depend on these resources for their cultural and societal well-being. This book discusses the social and political changes affecting fisheries, the changes to ecological processes due to direct and indirect impacts of globalization, the changing nature of the goods and services that fisheries ecosystems are able to provide, and the resultant changes in markets and economic assessment of our fishery resources.

Information Flow within the Social Network Structure of a Joint Strategic Plan for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries

Abstract Transboundary fish stocks are governed by multiple entities, involving individuals with different expertise and sociocultural backgrounds and representing various institutions and jurisdictions. At times, individuals from these entities collaboratively make fishery governance decisions, and the existence of collegial or personal relationships may facilitate the decision-making process and result in better management of fish stocks. Although studies have assessed several aspects of fisheries institutional structures, very few have looked at the impact of social network structure. In this study, we found evidence for the perceived effectiveness of A Joint Strategic Plan for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries in its social network structure. We focused on the frequency of interactions for exchanging information about Great Lakes fish stocks in general and lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens in particular. These informational exchanges correspond to distinct social network structures, the fish stocks...

Assessing intergovernmental impact: problems and prospects

Surprisingly little systematic research has been completed on evaluating the impact of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) at a time when participation in their activities has come under close scrutiny.1 Both theoretical weaknesses and methodological inadequacies plague researchers who are interested in the effects of outcomes on affected parties, be they intergovernmental organiza tions, governments or, ultimately, individuals. In this paper, we examine the problems confronting this type of research and assess the strategies so far employed to overcome some of these shortcomings. We shall also examine some approaches appropriate to generating hypotheses concerning IGO impact and propose a comprehensive framework suitable for further research.

Shock and Awe: Rapid-Fire Theory, Some Surprising Survey Results, and Triage Statistics in an Applied Freshman Research Seminar

This article seeks to contribute to the evolving literature on the scholarship of teaching and learning. We do this by describing and then reflecting on what we have learned from a year-long freshman applied research seminar, “International Affairs Knowledge and U.S. Foreign Policy Opinions.” After surveying the literature on public opinion and U.S. foreign policy and materials on survey research and design, the students devised, pretested, administered (to 1300+ undergraduates), analyzed a survey and presented their findings. To do this, we had to provide them, in an abbreviated time frame, survey design, basic statistics as well as statistical software and work with them on how to summarize and present their findings. Their paper (Arbitter et al., 2010), in which some of their findings from the survey accord with the preexisting literature and much of it go beyond that, is one way of assessing our course. But, in this article, we discuss the ways such a course can meet many of the challenges held out to us as educators by such bodies as the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), especially if those following this path take advantage of the lessons we have learned.

The Multidimensionality of Globalization: A Critical Perspective

Most contemporary discourses on globalization are articulated around the increasing role of transnational (or multinational) corporations (TNCs) in overseeing national and cross-national economic activities. Policies and practices of TNCs are linked to neo- or Coca-colonization, homogenization of cultural practices, and the decline of the nation-state, among others, and explained at least in part by evolving communications technologies and the related acceleration in speed and ease of transnational financial flows.1 Even political, social, and cultural reactions/resistance to globalization at local levels are posited as oppositional to the homogenizing consequences of the rise of transnational firms.2 While transnational firms, primarily originating from the Triad region (comprising North America, Western Europe and Japan) have, in recent years, increased their share in managing world trade (partially due to the privatization and liberalization of individual country markets),3 the cultural/economic homogenizing consequences of their activities have been debated in the business discipline for almost three decades, before other disciplinary scholars began to examine globalization, much less take note of writings of those in the field of international business or, more generally those outside their own fields of inquiry.4

Globalization: Effects on Fisheries Resources: Acknowledgments

Globalization is a multidimensional issue, and its impacts on world resources cross and integrate environmental, economic, political, and cultural boundaries. Over the last few decades, the push towards globalization has brought a new dimension in which managers of fisheries and water resources will need to operate, both at the local and global level of governance. In order to address effectively the future sustainability of these resources, it is critical to understand the driving factors of globalization and their effect on fisheries ecosystems and the people who depend on these resources for their cultural and societal well-being. This book discusses the social and political changes affecting fisheries, the changes to ecological processes due to direct and indirect impacts of globalization, the changing nature of the goods and services that fisheries ecosystems are able to provide, and the resultant changes in markets and economic assessment of our fishery resources.

Globalization: Effects on Fisheries Resources: Governance and multilevel management systems

Globalization is a multidimensional issue, and its impacts on world resources cross and integrate environmental, economic, political, and cultural boundaries. Over the last few decades, the push towards globalization has brought a new dimension in which managers of fisheries and water resources will need to operate, both at the local and global level of governance. In order to address effectively the future sustainability of these resources, it is critical to understand the driving factors of globalization and their effect on fisheries ecosystems and the people who depend on these resources for their cultural and societal well-being. This book discusses the social and political changes affecting fisheries, the changes to ecological processes due to direct and indirect impacts of globalization, the changing nature of the goods and services that fisheries ecosystems are able to provide, and the resultant changes in markets and economic assessment of our fishery resources.