This comprehensive volume explores the interface between politics and
policy making in the water management sector of India. The authors
discuss the nature of the political discourse on water management in
India, and what characterizes this discourse. They also explore how
this discourse has influenced the process of framing water related
policies in India, particularly through the
‘academics-bureaucrat-politician’ nexus and the growing influence
of the civil society groups on policy makers, which are the defining
feature of this process, and which have produced certain policy
outcomes that are not supported by sufficient scientific evidence. The
book reveals that the social and management sciences, despite being
increasingly relevant in contemporary water management, are unable to
impress upon traditional, engineer-dominated water administration to
seek solutions to complex water problems owing to a lack of
interdisciplinary perspective in their research. The authors also
examine the current deadlock in undertaking sectoral reforms due to
existing water policies not being honoured. This collection includes
several research studies which suggest legal, institutional policy
alternatives for addressing the problems in areas such as irrigation,
rural and urban water supply, flood control and adaptation to climate
variability and change. It was originally published as a special issue
of the International Journal of Water Resources Development.
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ISBN
9781000517484
Publisert
2020
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Routledge
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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