Water sector governance: a return ticket to anarchy

A political-science perspective of anarchy holds that anarchy is the absence of a ruler. In the water sector, especially in terms of irrigated agriculture, emerging deficiencies of public irrigation systems as well as the budget crisis of governments to sustain irrigated agriculture, resulted into i...

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Autores principales: Wegerich, Kai, Warner, J., Tortajada, C.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Baltzer Science Publishers 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/58413
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author Wegerich, Kai
Warner, J.
Tortajada, C.
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description A political-science perspective of anarchy holds that anarchy is the absence of a ruler. In the water sector, especially in terms of irrigated agriculture, emerging deficiencies of public irrigation systems as well as the budget crisis of governments to sustain irrigated agriculture, resulted into increased water user participation. Understanding the apparently increasing smidgeon of anarchy in the water sector includes the appreciation of the complexity of water governance developments such as the introduction of Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM), Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT), basin councils, Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) and Multi-Stakeholder Platforms (MSP), as well as the limited role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and grassroots organisations (GROs), for decades considered the ‘magic bullet’ in taking over and providing state services to the public. We conclude that governance is anarchy by other means.
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spelling CGSpace584132025-06-17T08:23:50Z Water sector governance: a return ticket to anarchy Wegerich, Kai Warner, J. Tortajada, C. water governance water resources political aspects irrigation systems irrigated farming economic aspects nongovernmental organizations water users associations A political-science perspective of anarchy holds that anarchy is the absence of a ruler. In the water sector, especially in terms of irrigated agriculture, emerging deficiencies of public irrigation systems as well as the budget crisis of governments to sustain irrigated agriculture, resulted into increased water user participation. Understanding the apparently increasing smidgeon of anarchy in the water sector includes the appreciation of the complexity of water governance developments such as the introduction of Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM), Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT), basin councils, Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) and Multi-Stakeholder Platforms (MSP), as well as the limited role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and grassroots organisations (GROs), for decades considered the ‘magic bullet’ in taking over and providing state services to the public. We conclude that governance is anarchy by other means. 2014-03-01 2015-03-17T14:39:56Z 2015-03-17T14:39:56Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/58413 en Limited Access Baltzer Science Publishers Wegerich, Kai; Warner, J.; Tortajada, C. 2014. Water sector governance: a return ticket to anarchy. International Journal of Water Governance, 2:7-20. doi: https://doi.org/10.7564/14-IJWG66
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irrigated farming
economic aspects
nongovernmental organizations
water users associations
Wegerich, Kai
Warner, J.
Tortajada, C.
Water sector governance: a return ticket to anarchy
title Water sector governance: a return ticket to anarchy
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title_fullStr Water sector governance: a return ticket to anarchy
title_full_unstemmed Water sector governance: a return ticket to anarchy
title_short Water sector governance: a return ticket to anarchy
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topic water governance
water resources
political aspects
irrigation systems
irrigated farming
economic aspects
nongovernmental organizations
water users associations
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