lidc-water governance-200803101 what is governance? how can the governance of water be improved?...
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What is governance? How can the governance of
water be improved?
Tony Allan, SOAS and KCL
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The term governance needs to be rescued from its unfortunate loss of status.
It is being increasingly questioned as a potentially useful focus and approach
for enhancing the management of water and the protection of water services.
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The loss of status is partly a consequence of the many users of the term failing to agree definitions.
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The loss of status is partly a consequence of the many users of the term failing to agree definitions.
Who does it? Wit participation?
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The loss of status is partly a consequence of the many users of the term failing to agree definitions.
Who does it? With participation?
Who is it done to? With participation
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The loss of status is partly a consequence of the many users of the term failing to agree definitions.
Who does it? With participation
Who is it done to? With participation
Are the issues subject to governance the same - even across the water sector?
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The loss of status is partly a consequence of the many users of the term failing to agree definitions.
Who does it? - participation?
Who is it done to? - participation?
Are the key issues subject to governance the same - even across the water sector?
____First some social theory will be shown to be helpful in
providing an analytical framework for the different water sub-sectors - value v. volume:
1 Water supply and sanitation (WSS) - 10%/90%2 Water resources - 90%/10%
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A framework for communicating about governance at all(?) scales
Cultural theory / Plural rationalities
After Mary Douglas
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A framework for communicating about
governance at all(?) scales
[Beware exporting neo-liberal theory!!]
[Also the discourse here today is interdisciplinary
and liable to cross-sterilisation.]
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Civil society
Fatalists
Government
Hierarchists
Social movements
EthicistsPrivate sector
Entrepreneurs
Douglas/Thompson - ‘ways of life’
Cultural theory - Douglas et al.
No control Control
Non-conforming
Conforming
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Hierarchy
Civil movements
Private sector
Douglas/Thompson ways of life
.
Civil society
Empl
oym
ent
Con
sum
ptio
n
Mar
kets Control
Non-conforming
Conforming
Cultural theory - Douglas et al.
Employment,
Taxation
Democracy
No controlAdvo
cacy
Advocacy
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.??? Fatalists
.govHierarchists
.orgEthicists
.comEntrepreneurs
Douglas/Thompson - ‘ways of life’
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.??? Fatalists .gov
Hierarchists
.orgEthicists
.comEntrepreneurs
Douglas/Thompson - ‘ways of life’
Risk managing
The policy-making contribution of the three contributing social solidarities on for example ‘RISK’.
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.??? Fatalists .gov
Hierarchists
.orgEthicists
.comEntrepreneurs
Douglas/Thompson - ‘ways of life’
Risk managing
Risk avoiding
The policy-making contribution of the three contributing social solidarities on for example ‘RISK’.
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.??? Fatalists .gov
Hierarchists
.orgEthicists
.comEntrepreneurs
Douglas/Thompson - ‘ways of life’
Risk managing
Risk avoiding
Risk taking
The policy-making contribution of the three contributing social solidarities on for example ‘RISK’.