Policy Domains in Water Management: Assessing the Influence of Finance in Environmental Governance
Christopher W. Gibson
Abstract:This article examines how public officials in the field of water supply governance navigate overlapping policy domains. Drawing lessons from Daly’s critique of the dominant economic paradigm of our time, this study focuses on the intractable tension between growth and dwindling environmental resources. Using data from interviews and participant observations, I seek to understand the work of environmental governance officials in a region that seems to be firmly committed to pro-growth policy regimes, despite in… Show more
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