Politics, plurality and problemsheds: A strategic approach for reform of agricultural water

cg.creator.identifierRuth Meinzen-Dick: 0000-0003-4782-3074en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7679.2007.00393.xen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Divisionen
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0950-6764en
cg.issn1467-7679en
cg.issue6en
cg.journalDevelopment Policy Reviewen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume25en
dc.contributor.authorMollinga, Peter P.en
dc.contributor.authorMeinzen-Dick, Ruth S.en
dc.contributor.authorMerrey, Douglas J.en
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-29T12:58:49Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-29T12:58:49Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/171829
dc.titlePolitics, plurality and problemsheds: A strategic approach for reform of agricultural wateren
dcterms.abstractStarting 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’.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2007-10-18en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMollinga, 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.xen
dcterms.extentpp. 699-719en
dcterms.issued2007-11en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/1035en
dcterms.subjectwater managementen
dcterms.subjectinstitutional reformen
dcterms.subjectdeveloping countriesen
dcterms.subjecttransformationen
dcterms.subjecthuman developmental stagesen
dcterms.subjectpoverty alleviationen
dcterms.subjectsustainabilityen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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