Pre-existing institutional strength determined whether aggregation improved project outcomes

Evidence

The success of institutional aggregation varied significantly across settlements based on the robustness of their existing institutions and their access to other supporting groups, such as the MST and Agricultural Workers’ Unions. When these foundations were strong, integration enhanced project implementation and management. — Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth, Institutional Bricolage and Commoning…, 118

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth, Institutional Bricolage and Commoning…, 118
• XREF: connects to: External development requirements parallel and are met by preexisting local governance institutions — Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth, Institutional Bricolage and Commoning…, 114; Ownership in place-based programs grows from multi-sector institutional partnerships — David Sobel, Place-Based Education: Connecting…, 13

Related

• External development requirements parallel and are met by preexisting local governance institutions (similarity 0.84)
• Settlements grafted project management onto existing governance rather than forming new systems (similarity 0.81)
• Settlement residents merged legal project associations with their existing communal body (similarity 0.80)