1 Introduction.- Theoretical context -- the debate to be addressed.- Empirical background -- the Barents Sea and its fishermen.- Empirical context -- the issues to be raised.- Methodology.- the structure of the book.- 2 The Interaction of Research Programmes in Social Science Studies of the Commons.- Lakatos and scientific research programmes.
- two traditions in the study of common-pool resources.- A Growing Literature on the Commons?.- Conclusion: scientific growth as interaction between theoretical traditions.- 3 A Model of Compliance in Fisheries -- Theoretical Foundations and Practical Application.- Background: the study of compliance.- Sources of compliance.- first-order and management-induced compliance.- two compliance mechanisms: coercive and discursive measures.
- Management levels and subsystems of compliance.- an agenda for research.- 4 The Barents sea Fisheries -- Resources, Jurisdiction and Management.- The Barents Sea fish resources.- The fishing industries of Northern Norway and Northwestern Russia.- the legal setting.- Norway's fishery relations with other states.- The Russian-Norwegian fishery management regime.
- Norwegian fisheries management.- Russian fisheries management.- 5 Compliance in the Barents Sea -- a Preliminary Discussion.- Fishing activity in the Barents Sea.- Violation rates in the Barents Sea fisheries.- Do violation rates reflect actual compliance?.- First-order compliance.- Compliance as a result of coercive measures.
- "Indirect coercion" in the Svalbard Zone.- Legitimacy and discursive measures.- An observer's account of co-operative action in the Svalbard Zone.- Conclusion.- 6 How Fishermen Account for Compliance.- The interview setting.- A positive attitude towards the coast guard.- Legitimate regulations andprocedures.
- Partly illegitimate research results.- Strict enforcement.- Self-induced compliance.- Conclusion.- 7 Co-Management and Communities in the Barents sea Fisheries.- Theoretical revisit: co-management and communities.- Co-management in Northwest Russian fisheries.- Co-management in Norwegian fisheries.
- The Barents Sea fishing communities.- Co-management and compliance.- Conclusion.- 8 Investigation Revisited.- Methodology revisited: the stories fishermen tell.- Hypotheses revisited: discourse or guns?.- Epistemological Context Revisited: Contributions to the Scientific Debate.- 9 Concluding Remarks.
- Co-management beyond "user-group participation".- Co-management -- a system-centric perspective?.- Implications of the methodological and epistemological choices Made.- References.