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The Deliberative Value Formation model

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Abstract

It is increasingly argued that preferences and values for complex goods such as ecosystem services are not preformed but need to be generated through a process of deliberation and learning. While the number of studies incorporating deliberation in monetary and non-monetary valuation of ecosystem services is increasing, there is a limited theoretical basis to how values are influenced and shaped in social valuation processes. In this paper we present the Deliberative Value Formation (DVF) model, a new theoretical model for deliberative valuation informed by social-psychological theory. Anchored within a broader theoretical framework around shared and plural values, the DVF model identifies a range of potential positive (e.g. learning) and negative (e.g. social desirability bias) outcomes of deliberation and key factors that influence outcomes (e.g. ability to deliberate, institutional factors, power dynamics). It also conceptualises how values may be formed by 'translating' transcendental values, our principles and life goals, into more specific contextual values. Underpinned by this theoretical model, we present a six-step template for designing deliberative valuation processes. The DVF provides a theoretical and methodological framework for more rigorous monetary and non-monetary deliberative valuation, and enables more effective integration of social learning and plural knowledges and values in valuation and decision-making.


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Author(s): Kenter JO, Reed MS, Fazey I

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Ecosystem Services

Year: 2016

Volume: 21

Issue: Part B

Pages: 194-207

Print publication date: 01/10/2016

Online publication date: 09/11/2016

Acceptance date: 25/09/2016

Date deposited: 15/02/2017

ISSN (print): 2212-0416

Publisher: Elsevier

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.09.015

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.09.015


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Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
UK National Ecosystem Assessment Follow-On (Work Package 6: Shared, Plural and Cultural Values) - UK Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Welsh Government
315925European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)

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