The Environmental Sociology Facing the Ecological Stewardship. Thinking Differently the Place of Individual Actions in the Realm of Collective Environmental Management
Ecological stewardship paradigms are growing in environmental sciences as much as in the realm management of protected areas. The concept of stewardship, still recent in France, finds no correspondence in sociological theories of action. This situation raises many difficulties for interdisciplinary research. This paper examines different theories of stewardship from the perspective of the theories of action that they presuppose. In doing so, we aim to contribute to moving toward a sociological conception of stewardship. Three case studies are used for this.