The strategies of policy entrepreneurs in water transitions around the world

Huitema, D.; Lebel, Louis; Meijerink, Sander

doi:10.2166/wp.2011.107

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“…In Huitema and Meijerink (2009a), we present 11 additional country studies along with an analysis of water transitions in the European Union (EU). Together, these 16 accounts of major change in water policies provide a solid empirical basis for investigating the role of policy entrepreneurs in realizing water policy transitions.…”

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Policy Entrepreneurs and Change Strategies: Lessons from Sixteen Case Studies of Water Transitions around the Globe

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Huitema²

2010

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Policy Entrepreneurs and Change Strategies: Lessons from Sixteen Case Studies of Water Transitions around the Globe

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2010

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“…In our comparative study, we found ample evidence for the highly political nature of RBO formation and reform processes and the crucial role of change agents therein, but we also learned that the actions of these agents interact with specific events or triggers, which, in the literature, are often referred to as windows of opportunity (Kingdon 1995, Huitema andMeijerink 2009). Table 3 lists the main windows of opportunity and the actors pushing or hindering RBO formation and reform for each case study.…”

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The institutional design, politics, and effects of a bioregional approach: observations and lessons from 11 case studies of river basin organizations

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Huitema²

2017

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ABSTRACT. One of the prescriptions for adaptive comanagement of social-ecological systems is to follow a bioregional approach. In water resources management, experience has been gained with a bioregional approach by the foundation of river basin organizations (RBOs). Here, we summarize the results of a research project involving 27 colleagues who have undertaken an analysis of the global discussion on RBOs and the foundation of RBOs in Canada, USA, Great Britain, Germany, Portugal, South Africa, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Thailand, and Australia. Drawing on Ostrom's institutional analysis and development framework, we first present a fine-grained analysis of the institutional architecture of these RBOs, which enables us to distinguish between autonomous, coordinating, partnership, and agency type RBOs. Second, we unravel the main controversies over this architecture by focusing on the key actors involved in either promoting or hindering RBO formation, globally and at the national level. Third, we summarize how the performance of RBOs can be evaluated in terms of coordination, accountability, legitimacy, and environmental effectiveness. Finally, we discuss the relationship between institutional design and performance. The main findings are: (1) the foundation of RBOs is not a neutral process but rather a highly political one, (2) the foundation of RBOs creates complex accountability relationships, and (3) institutional interplay, the capacity to generate financial resources, and a minimum degree of institutional stability are crucial to the successes of RBOs in realizing coordination and environmental effectiveness.

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“…Collaborative leadership is necessary to bridge gaps, span boundaries and build coalitions between different actors and sectors. Policy entrepreneurs may provide for this type of leadership (Partzsch and Ziegler 2011;Huitema and Meijerink 2009).…”

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Recurrent Governance Challenges in the Implementation and Alignment of Flood Risk Management Strategies: a Review

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Bakker

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In Europe increasing flood risks challenge societies to diversify their Flood Risk Management Strategies (FRMSs). Such a diversification implies that actors not only focus on flood defence, but also and simultaneously on flood risk prevention, mitigation, preparation and recovery. There is much literature on the implementation of specific strategies and measures as well as on flood risk governance more generally. What is lacking, though, is a clear overview of the complex set of governance challenges which may result from a diversification and alignment of FRM strategies. This paper aims to address this knowledge gap. It elaborates on potential processes and mechanisms for coordinating the activities and capacities of actors that are involved on different levels and in different sectors of flood risk governance, both concerning the implementation of individual strategies and the coordination of the overall set of strategies. It identifies eight overall coordination mechanisms that have proven to be useful in this respect.

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The strategies of policy entrepreneurs in water transitions around the world

Cited by 61 publications

References 29 publications

Policy Entrepreneurs and Change Strategies: Lessons from Sixteen Case Studies of Water Transitions around the Globe

Policy Entrepreneurs and Change Strategies: Lessons from Sixteen Case Studies of Water Transitions around the Globe

The institutional design, politics, and effects of a bioregional approach: observations and lessons from 11 case studies of river basin organizations

Recurrent Governance Challenges in the Implementation and Alignment of Flood Risk Management Strategies: a Review

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