Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-212) and index.

Introduction -- Critiques of Ostrom's approach: a view from fisheries governance -- The fisheries co-management approach: critiques and theoretical framework of the research -- Akita Fisheries Cooperative Associations, Japan -- Vinh Giang Fisheries Association, Vietnam -- The Norwegian Fishers' Association, Norway -- Conclusion.

"This book explores how the state can foster collective action by fisher's communities in fisheries management. It presents a different perspective from Elinor Ostrom's classic work on the eight institutional conditions that foster collective action in natural resource management and instead emphasizes the role of the state in fisheries co-management, engaging a state-centric notion of 'meta-governance'. It argues that first, the state is required to foster collective action by fishers; and secondly, that the current fisheries co-management arrangements are state-centric. The study develops these arguments through the analysis of three case studies in Japan, Vietnam and Norway. The author also makes a theoretical contribution to governance literature by developing Ostrom's 'society-centric' framework in a way which makes it more amenable to analysis of state capacity and government intervention in a comparative context"--Back cover.

This book will appeal to students and scholars of global governance, fisheries management, co-management, and crisis management, as well as practitioners of fisheries managment.