Public opinion survey as a form of public participation in the implementation of water framework directive: Case study - Leskovac field irrigation

Trajković, Slaviša; Kolaković, Srdjan; Ignjatović, Marija

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“…Following interview accounts, citizens start caring about such issues once the policies are implementede.g. once their house is due to be demolished because of the construction of a dike (for comparable experiences, see Slavíková & Jílková, 20 2011;Trajekovic, Kolakovic, & Ignjatovic, 2005). Also, one should ask to what extent citizens can get involved when they have only one chance to attend a meeting relating to their (sub)river basin, and how a citizen's voice makes it all the way up to the actual decision making process.…”

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Coping with Mandated Public Participation: The Case of Implementing the EU Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands

Heijden

Heuvelhof

2013

Perspectives on European Politics and Society

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An important aspect of contemporary European policy-making is public participation. The European Commission increasingly mandates its Member States to involve the general public in policy-making through public participation. Public participation is generally considered to improve the legitimacy and democracy of the policy-making process and its outcomes. However, mandated public participation creates severe difficulties for Member States whose policymaking process may be characterized as a (neo)corporatist system of interest representation. This paper presents the case of the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands, aiming to highlight these difficulties, to provide an example of how a Member State may cope with forced public participation in a (neo)corporatist environment, and to question whether 2 and, if so, how mandated public participation actually results in a more democratic and legitimate policy-making process.

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Section: By 2008 Citizens (Or To Use the Eu Working Group On Publicmentioning

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Coping with Mandated Public Participation: The Case of Implementing the EU Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands

Heijden

Heuvelhof

2013

Perspectives on European Politics and Society

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“…For instance, in certain areas of Serbia, survey questionnaires were sent to inhabitants. Yet, researchers are uncertain of the success of this approach to public participation, which may partly have to do with survey respondents' disinterest in the wider goals of the WFD (Trajekovic et al ., ). Another example comes from a study on public participation in Germany (Kampa et al ., ).…”

Section: Case Study: Public Participation In the European Water Framementioning

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The Mechanics of Virtue: Lessons on Public Participation from Implementing the Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands

Heijden

Heuvelhof

2012

Env Pol Gov

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Public participation is often presented as a virtue (a normative good), but the strategy comes with its own mechanical flaws. Policy debates and the literature have for a long time been dominated by this idea of public participation as a virtue, but recently the literature has become more critical, addressing the instrumental and substantive aspects of public participation. This article engages with and adds to the literature by presenting the use of public participation in implementing the European Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands. The study traces and discusses a number of mechanistic issues related to public participation. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

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“…The irrigation represents the measure that gives the most efficient results against drought. In [8], the public opinion survey was conducted in Leskovac municipality, and showed that a great number of farmers comprehends the great importance of irrigation, but a negligible part of the respondents was accepted the fact that the construction of the system inevitably enables the changes in crop structure, irrigation methods and water price. Also, 89% of the respondents mostly used the underground water, and 66% of farmers said that they were satisfied only with pumps.…”

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Trajković³

2016

Zbornik GFS

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Public opinion survey as a form of public participation in the implementation of water framework directive: Case study - Leskovac field irrigation

Abstract: Abstract. The adoption of the Water Framework Directive is a turning point in the development of European water resources management. For the first time in the history

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Coping with Mandated Public Participation: The Case of Implementing the EU Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands

Coping with Mandated Public Participation: The Case of Implementing the EU Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands

The Mechanics of Virtue: Lessons on Public Participation from Implementing the Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands

Uloga Lokalne Zajednice U Ublažavanju Suše

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