When Policy Hits Practice: Structure, Agency, and Power in South African Water Governance
When Policy Hits Practice: Structure, Agency, and Power in South African Water Governance
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当政策付诸实践时：南非水治理的结构、机构和权力
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2017
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通讯作者：
M. Chomba
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J. J. Förster;L. Downsborough;M. Chomba
摘要1994年后的南非政府制定了一个新的水资源管理框架，旨在克服过去在水资源获取方面的种族不平等，解决该国水资源安全的关键挑战。采纳与水资源综合管理相关的合作治理和机构权力下放的想法是这一框架的核心。利用社会理论，本研究探讨了结构和代理方面的权力表现在建立过程中的水用户协会在南非西北省。描绘这一新机构的建立过程是有缺陷的，由于相互作用的演员的权力不对称，这篇文章揭示了所谓的集体决策过程中的合作水治理。由于南非水用户协会的建立是一个持续的政治进程，我们的研究结果对该国未来的水政策实施具有社会意义。
ABSTRACT A new water governance framework with the aim of overcoming past racial inequalities in water access and addressing the critical challenges of water security in the country was developed by the post-Apartheid South African government in the years following 1994. The adoption of ideas of collaborative governance and institutional devolution associated with integrated water resources management (IWRM) are central to this framework. Using social theory, this study examines structural and agential dimensions of power manifested during the establishment process of a water user association in the Northwest Province of South Africa. Portraying that the establishment process of this new institution was flawed due to power asymmetries of interacting actors, this article unmasks supposedly collective decision-making processes in collaborative water governance. As the establishment of water user associations in South Africa is an ongoing political process, our findings have societal relevance for the country’s future water policy implementation.