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A Critical Approach to International Water Management TrendsFrom Multi-level Governance to Scalar Politics: Water Community Networks Challenging Neo-Extractivist Governmental Institutions in Ecuador

A Critical Approach to International Water Management Trends: From Multi-level Governance to... [The multi-level governance (MLG) framework emerged as a new approach to analyze the fragmented nature of socio-ecological systems, such as water resources. However, three main constraints have been identified regarding the concept: the reproduction of a cultural bias from the European perspective masking the multiple interpretations on water resources, the normative approach postulating the same structures without consideration of local contexts, and the ignorance of power relations. This chapter aims to further address the blind spots of the MLG framework through the case study of the national and transnational water community networks in Ecuador. It seeks to understand how water community networks mobilize scalar politics in order to influence water governance institutions shaped by the neo-extractivist strategies of the central State.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Critical Approach to International Water Management TrendsFrom Multi-level Governance to Scalar Politics: Water Community Networks Challenging Neo-Extractivist Governmental Institutions in Ecuador

Editors: Bréthaut, Christian; Schweizer, Rémi

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018. The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
ISBN
978-1-137-60085-1
Pages
97 –121
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-60086-8_5
Publisher site
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Abstract

[The multi-level governance (MLG) framework emerged as a new approach to analyze the fragmented nature of socio-ecological systems, such as water resources. However, three main constraints have been identified regarding the concept: the reproduction of a cultural bias from the European perspective masking the multiple interpretations on water resources, the normative approach postulating the same structures without consideration of local contexts, and the ignorance of power relations. This chapter aims to further address the blind spots of the MLG framework through the case study of the national and transnational water community networks in Ecuador. It seeks to understand how water community networks mobilize scalar politics in order to influence water governance institutions shaped by the neo-extractivist strategies of the central State.]

Published: Sep 28, 2017

Keywords: Political Scale; Community Water; Water Governance; levelsLevels; Confederation Of Indigenous Nationalities Of Ecuador (CONAIE)

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