The Salween River as a transboundary commons: fragmented collective action, hybrid governance and power
Viewing the Salween River as a transboundary commons, this paper illustrates how diverse state and non-state actors and institutions in hybrid and multi-scaled networks have influenced water governance in general, and large dam decision-making processes in particular. Putting power relations at the...
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| description | Viewing the Salween River as a transboundary commons, this paper illustrates how diverse state and non-state actors and institutions in hybrid and multi-scaled networks have influenced water governance in general, and large dam decision-making processes in particular. Putting power relations at the centre of this analysis and drawing on the conceptual lenses of hybrid governance and critical institutionalism, we show the complexity of the fragmented processes through which decisions have been arrived at, and their implications. In the context of highly asymmetrical power relations throughout the basin, and the absence of an intergovernmental agreement to date, we argue that hybrid networks of state and non-state actors could be strategically engaged to connect parallel and fragmented decision-making landscapes with a goal of inclusively institutionalising the transboundary commons and maintaining connected local commons throughout the basin, foregrounding a concern for ecological and social justice. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1090222024-11-21T18:22:51Z The Salween River as a transboundary commons: fragmented collective action, hybrid governance and power Suhardiman, Diana Middleton, C. water governance international waters collective action hydropower dams river basins state intervention institutions decision making development projects international agreements conflicts nongovernmental organizations political aspects development Viewing the Salween River as a transboundary commons, this paper illustrates how diverse state and non-state actors and institutions in hybrid and multi-scaled networks have influenced water governance in general, and large dam decision-making processes in particular. Putting power relations at the centre of this analysis and drawing on the conceptual lenses of hybrid governance and critical institutionalism, we show the complexity of the fragmented processes through which decisions have been arrived at, and their implications. In the context of highly asymmetrical power relations throughout the basin, and the absence of an intergovernmental agreement to date, we argue that hybrid networks of state and non-state actors could be strategically engaged to connect parallel and fragmented decision-making landscapes with a goal of inclusively institutionalising the transboundary commons and maintaining connected local commons throughout the basin, foregrounding a concern for ecological and social justice. 2020-08 2020-08-15T05:12:55Z 2020-08-15T05:12:55Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109022 en Open Access Wiley Suhardiman, Diana; Middleton, C. 2020. The Salween River as a transboundary commons: fragmented collective action, hybrid governance and power. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 61(2):301-314. (Special issue: Governing the Transboundary Commons of Southeast Asia) [doi: 10.1111/apv.12284] |
| spellingShingle | water governance international waters collective action hydropower dams river basins state intervention institutions decision making development projects international agreements conflicts nongovernmental organizations political aspects development Suhardiman, Diana Middleton, C. The Salween River as a transboundary commons: fragmented collective action, hybrid governance and power |
| title | The Salween River as a transboundary commons: fragmented collective action, hybrid governance and power |
| title_full | The Salween River as a transboundary commons: fragmented collective action, hybrid governance and power |
| title_fullStr | The Salween River as a transboundary commons: fragmented collective action, hybrid governance and power |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Salween River as a transboundary commons: fragmented collective action, hybrid governance and power |
| title_short | The Salween River as a transboundary commons: fragmented collective action, hybrid governance and power |
| title_sort | salween river as a transboundary commons fragmented collective action hybrid governance and power |
| topic | water governance international waters collective action hydropower dams river basins state intervention institutions decision making development projects international agreements conflicts nongovernmental organizations political aspects development |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109022 |
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