The Salween River as a transboundary commons: fragmented collective action, hybrid governance and power

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dc.creatorSuhardiman, Diana
dc.creatorMiddleton, C.
dc.date2020-08
dc.date2020-08-15T05:12:55Z
dc.date2020-08-15T05:12:55Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:27:20Z
dc.descriptionViewing the Salween River as a transboundary commons, this paper illustrates how diverse state and non-state actors and institutions in hybrid and multi-scaled networks have influenced water governance in general, and large dam decision-making processes in particular. Putting power relations at the centre of this analysis and drawing on the conceptual lenses of hybrid governance and critical institutionalism, we show the complexity of the fragmented processes through which decisions have been arrived at, and their implications. In the context of highly asymmetrical power relations throughout the basin, and the absence of an intergovernmental agreement to date, we argue that hybrid networks of state and non-state actors could be strategically engaged to connect parallel and fragmented decision-making landscapes with a goal of inclusively institutionalising the transboundary commons and maintaining connected local commons throughout the basin, foregrounding a concern for ecological and social justice.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/109022
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/156391
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceSuhardiman, Diana; Middleton, C. 2020. The Salween River as a transboundary commons: fragmented collective action, hybrid governance and power. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 61(2):301-314. (Special issue: Governing the Transboundary Commons of Southeast Asia) [doi: 10.1111/apv.12284]
dc.subjectwater governance
dc.subjectinternational waters
dc.subjectcollective action
dc.subjecthydropower
dc.subjectdams
dc.subjectriver basins
dc.subjectstate intervention
dc.subjectinstitutions
dc.subjectdecision making
dc.subjectdevelopment projects
dc.subjectinternational agreements
dc.subjectconflicts
dc.subjectnongovernmental organizations
dc.subjectpolitical aspects
dc.subjectdevelopment
dc.titleThe Salween River as a transboundary commons: fragmented collective action, hybrid governance and power
dc.typeJournal Article

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