Democratic Legitimacy in the Implementation of the Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands: Towards Participatory and Deliberative Norms?

Behagel, Jelle; Turnhout, Esther

doi:10.1080/1523908x.2011.607002

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“…However, the actual dynamics in the engagement process mean that these positive outcomes are far from automatic or guaranteed, as increasing evidence shows (Behagel & Turnhout, 2011;Edelenbos & Klijn, 2006;Furber, Medema, Adamowski, Clamen, & Vijay, 2016). Stakeholder involvement implies -explicitly or implicitly -trade-offs in terms of representativeness, inclusion, or (in)equality in interactive processes (e.g., Sørenson, 2002;Mayer, van Bueren, & Bots, 2005;Sørenson & Torfing, 2007), i.e.…”

Section: Stakeholder Engagement In Decision Makingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Several studies have also shown that many participatory approaches fail to lead to more informed and effective policy and practice (Behagel & Turnhout, 2011;Edelenbos & Klijn, 2006;GWP, 2000), whether from insufficient or misused resources, organizational intransigency or poor design for those processes to deliver their full potential. Also, groups such as young people and local community members are often overlooked due to power differentials and organizational 'expectations'.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Stakeholder engagement in water governance as social learning: lessons from practice

Wehn

Collins

Anema

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Water International

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The OECD Principles on Water Governance set out various requirements for stakeholder engagement. Coupled with conceptualizations of social learning, this article asks how we define and enact stakeholder engagement and explores the actual practice of engagement of stakeholders in three fields of water governance. The results suggest that a key consideration is the purpose of the stakeholder engagement, requiring consideration of its ethics, process, roles and expected outcomes. While facilitators cannot be held accountable if stakeholder engagement 'fails' in terms of social learning, they are responsible for ensuring that the enabling conditions for social learning are met. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Stakeholder Engagement In Decision Makingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stakeholder engagement in water governance as social learning: lessons from practice

Wehn

Collins

Anema

et al. 2017

Water International

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“…First, we have a number of publications taking a Europeanization perspective; i.e., they ask why specific domestic arrangements have come into place and what role the EU plays therein (Liefferink et al 2011). Second, authors explore the effects of participation, typically on social learning processes (Borowski et al 2008), ecological outcomes and implementation (Drazkiewicz et al 2015), or legitimacy (Behagel and Turnhout 2011). Third, we found a series of articles comparing instances of participation against legal or normative benchmarks, i.e., evaluative exercises (Watson and Howe 2006, Slavíková and Jílková 2011, Benson et al 2014.…”

Section: Mapping Scholarly Interest: Countries Policy Levels Themesmentioning

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Studying the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Europe: a meta-analysis of 89 journal articles

Boeuf¹,

Fritsch²

2016

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ABSTRACT. The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is arguably the most ambitious piece of European Union (EU) legislation in the field of water. The directive defines a general framework for integrated river basin management in Europe with a view to achieving "good water status" by 2015. Institutional novelties include, among others, water management at hydrological scales, the involvement of nonstate actors in water planning, and various economic principles, as well as a common strategy to support EU member states during the implementation of the directive. More than 15 years after the adoption of the WFD, and with the passing of an important milestone, 2015, we believe it is time for an interim assessment. This article provides a systematic review of existing scholarship on WFD implementation. We identify well-documented areas of research, describe largely unchartered territories, and suggest avenues for future studies. Methodologically, we relied on a meta-analysis. Based on a codebook of more than 35 items, we analyzed 89 journal articles reporting on the implementation of the directive in EU member states. Our review is organized around three major themes. The first is "who, when, and where"; we explore publication patterns, thereby looking into authors, timelines, and target journals. The second is "what"; we analyze the object of study in our source articles with a particular focus on case study countries, policy levels, the temporal stage of WFD implementation, and if the directive was not studied in its entirety, the aspect of the WFD that received scholarly attention. The third is "how," i.e., theoretical and methodological choices made when studying the WFD.

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“…The application of the concept of industrial ecology can only be effective as long as it is clear how certain roles and responsibilities are split up in order to pursue an overall goal. Next to attempts to transcend boundaries, we may also observe aspirations to actively engage citizens in a productive way, for instance in participatory projects that involve the establishment of environmental policies (Huitema et al 2007;Strauss 2010;Behagel and Turnhout 2011;Lövbrand et al 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

Sustainable development and institutional boundaries

Pesch

2014

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences

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Democratic Legitimacy in the Implementation of the Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands: Towards Participatory and Deliberative Norms?

Cited by 46 publications

References 33 publications

Stakeholder engagement in water governance as social learning: lessons from practice

Stakeholder engagement in water governance as social learning: lessons from practice

Studying the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Europe: a meta-analysis of 89 journal articles

Sustainable development and institutional boundaries

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