Process-focused analysis in transboundary water governance research

Previous analysis of transboundary water governance has been focused primarily on state-centred approaches. The articles in this special section move us forward from this focus in three ways. First, they highlight the crucial role played by non-state actors in shaping water governance outcomes. Seco...

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Main Authors: Suhardiman, Diana, Giordano, Mark
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Springer 2012
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34726
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description Previous analysis of transboundary water governance has been focused primarily on state-centred approaches. The articles in this special section move us forward from this focus in three ways. First, they highlight the crucial role played by non-state actors in shaping water governance outcomes. Second, they show us how these actors can increase the 'room for manoeuvre' in negotiations. Third, they provide an entry point for developing process-focused approaches in transboundary water governance research. This article argues such an approach might improve our understanding of transboundary water outcomes and suggests new focus on how key actors form networks of alliances and shape decision-making landscapes at multiple governance levels and arenas. From a scholarly perspective, it brings to light the blurred boundary between state and non-state actors, as derived from a better understanding of the elusive links between actors and organisations; it unravels additional layers of complexity in the hydro-hegemony concept and bends the rigid notion of power asymmetry, towards the subtleties of power relations and interplays in transboundary decision-making processes.
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spelling CGSpace347262024-03-21T14:24:22Z Process-focused analysis in transboundary water governance research Suhardiman, Diana Giordano, Mark water governance state intervention nongovernmental organizations agreements policies research law international waters water governance decision making non governmental organizations conflict cooperation dams river basins Previous analysis of transboundary water governance has been focused primarily on state-centred approaches. The articles in this special section move us forward from this focus in three ways. First, they highlight the crucial role played by non-state actors in shaping water governance outcomes. Second, they show us how these actors can increase the 'room for manoeuvre' in negotiations. Third, they provide an entry point for developing process-focused approaches in transboundary water governance research. This article argues such an approach might improve our understanding of transboundary water outcomes and suggests new focus on how key actors form networks of alliances and shape decision-making landscapes at multiple governance levels and arenas. From a scholarly perspective, it brings to light the blurred boundary between state and non-state actors, as derived from a better understanding of the elusive links between actors and organisations; it unravels additional layers of complexity in the hydro-hegemony concept and bends the rigid notion of power asymmetry, towards the subtleties of power relations and interplays in transboundary decision-making processes. 2012-09 2013-11-21T08:41:26Z 2014-02-02T16:39:50Z 2013-11-21T08:41:26Z 2014-02-02T16:39:50Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34726 en Limited Access Springer Suhardiman, Diana; Giordano, Mark. 2012. Process-focused analysis in transboundary water governance research. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 12(3):299-308. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-012-9176-z
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dams
river basins
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Process-focused analysis in transboundary water governance research
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state intervention
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law
international waters
water governance
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non governmental organizations
conflict
cooperation
dams
river basins
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