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

cg.creator.identifierRuth Meinzen-Dick: 0000-0003-4782-3074en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7679.2007.00393.xen_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Divisionen_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0950-6764en_US
cg.issn1467-7679en_US
cg.issue6en_US
cg.journalDevelopment Policy Reviewen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.volume25en_US
dc.contributor.authorMollinga, Peter P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMeinzen-Dick, Ruth S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMerrey, Douglas J.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-29T12:58:49Zen_US
dc.date.available2025-01-29T12:58:49Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/171829en_US
dc.titlePolitics, plurality and problemsheds: A strategic approach for reform of agricultural wateren_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.available2007-10-18en_US
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_US
dcterms.extentpp. 699-719en_US
dcterms.issued2007-11en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherWileyen_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/1035en_US
dcterms.subjectwater managementen_US
dcterms.subjectinstitutional reformen_US
dcterms.subjectdeveloping countriesen_US
dcterms.subjecttransformationen_US
dcterms.subjecthuman developmental stagesen_US
dcterms.subjectpoverty alleviationen_US
dcterms.subjectsustainabilityen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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