Institutional bricolage (re)shaping the different manifestations of state-citizens relations in Mekong hydropower planning

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dc.creatorSuhardiman, Diana
dc.creatorManorom, K.
dc.creatorRigg, J.
dc.date2022-08
dc.date2022-07-30T03:39:32Z
dc.date2022-07-30T03:39:32Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:44:34Z
dc.descriptionConcerns over hydropower development in the Mekong River Basin and elsewhere include not only the overall impacts of dams on basin ecology and economy but also more site-specific impacts on affected communities. While hydropower development is impacting the livelihoods of local communities living along the river, the latter’s views and concerns are often sidelined by top-down hydropower planning. Nonetheless, local communities create and shape their political spaces of engagements in relation to hydropower decision making across scales, albeit through various means and with different results. Taking the planned Pak Beng hydropower dam as a case study and building on the concept of institutional bricolage, we look at: 1) local communities’ responses in Thailand and Laos, including how these are influenced by social movements; 2) how these responses are translated into collective action (or the lack thereof), including in relation to local communities’ (in)ability to negotiate better compensation for their to be impacted livelihoods; and 3) how local communities strategies are embedded in the wider political context and different manifestations of state-citizens relations. We argue that while affected farm households can pursue their interests to secure proper compensation through individual means, this leads to sub-optimal outcomes for affected communities collectively.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/120370
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/164242
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceSuhardiman, Diana; Manorom, K.; Rigg, J. 2022. Institutional bricolage (re)shaping the different manifestations of state-citizens relations in Mekong hydropower planning. Geoforum, 134:118-130. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.07.001]
dc.subjecthydropower
dc.subjectplanning
dc.subjectdecision making
dc.subjectinstitutional development
dc.subjectlocal communities
dc.subjectcivil society organizations
dc.subjectcollective action
dc.subjectstrategies
dc.subjecttransboundary waters
dc.subjectwater governance
dc.subjectpolitical power
dc.subjectvillages
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectlivelihoods
dc.subjectcompensation
dc.subjectnegotiation
dc.subjectsocial aspects
dc.subjectdevelopment projects
dc.subjectdams
dc.subjectcase studies
dc.titleInstitutional bricolage (re)shaping the different manifestations of state-citizens relations in Mekong hydropower planning
dc.typeJournal Article

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