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

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dc.creatorMollinga, Peter P.
dc.creatorMeinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
dc.creatorMerrey, Douglas J.
dc.date2007-11
dc.date2025-01-29T12:58:49Z
dc.date2025-01-29T12:58:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:38:23Z
dc.descriptionStarting 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’.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/171829
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/110256
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceMollinga, 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
dc.subjectwater management
dc.subjectinstitutional reform
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.subjecttransformation
dc.subjecthuman developmental stages
dc.subjectpoverty alleviation
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.titlePolitics, plurality and problemsheds: A strategic approach for reform of agricultural water
dc.typeJournal Article

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