Politics, plurality and problemsheds: A strategic approach for reform of agricultural water
Starting from the assessment that past efforts at reform in agricultural water management in developing countries have achieved very little, this article argues that a fundamental change is required in the approach to policy and institutional transformation if the present deadlock in the internalisa...
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| author | Mollinga, Peter P. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Merrey, Douglas J. |
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| author_facet | Mollinga, Peter P. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Merrey, Douglas J. |
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| description | Starting from the assessment that past efforts at reform in agricultural water management in developing countries have achieved very little, this article argues that a fundamental change is required in the approach to policy and institutional transformation if the present deadlock in the internalisation of ecological sustainability, human development/poverty alleviation and democratic governance into the ‘core business’ of water bureaucracies is to be overcome. ‘Social engineering’ approaches need to be replaced by ‘strategic action’ approaches that acknowledge the inherently political character and the plurality of actors, institutions and objectives of water management — a perspective operationalised here around the notions of ‘problemshed’ and ‘issue network’. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1718292025-01-29T12:58:49Z Politics, plurality and problemsheds: A strategic approach for reform of agricultural water Mollinga, Peter P. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Merrey, Douglas J. water management institutional reform developing countries transformation human developmental stages poverty alleviation sustainability Starting from the assessment that past efforts at reform in agricultural water management in developing countries have achieved very little, this article argues that a fundamental change is required in the approach to policy and institutional transformation if the present deadlock in the internalisation of ecological sustainability, human development/poverty alleviation and democratic governance into the ‘core business’ of water bureaucracies is to be overcome. ‘Social engineering’ approaches need to be replaced by ‘strategic action’ approaches that acknowledge the inherently political character and the plurality of actors, institutions and objectives of water management — a perspective operationalised here around the notions of ‘problemshed’ and ‘issue network’. 2007-11 2025-01-29T12:58:49Z 2025-01-29T12:58:49Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171829 en Limited Access Wiley Mollinga, Peter P.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.; Merrey, Douglas J. 2007. Politics, plurality and problemsheds: A strategic approach for reform of agricultural water. Development Policy Review 25 (6): 699-719. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7679.2007.00393.x |
| spellingShingle | water management institutional reform developing countries transformation human developmental stages poverty alleviation sustainability Mollinga, Peter P. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Merrey, Douglas J. Politics, plurality and problemsheds: A strategic approach for reform of agricultural water |
| title | Politics, plurality and problemsheds: A strategic approach for reform of agricultural water |
| title_full | Politics, plurality and problemsheds: A strategic approach for reform of agricultural water |
| title_fullStr | Politics, plurality and problemsheds: A strategic approach for reform of agricultural water |
| title_full_unstemmed | Politics, plurality and problemsheds: A strategic approach for reform of agricultural water |
| title_short | Politics, plurality and problemsheds: A strategic approach for reform of agricultural water |
| title_sort | politics plurality and problemsheds a strategic approach for reform of agricultural water |
| topic | water management institutional reform developing countries transformation human developmental stages poverty alleviation sustainability |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171829 |
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