Song, Jee Eun
(2020)
THE INCREASING CALLS FOR A HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER
AND PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE IN WATER POLICY.
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
The historical pendulum between public and private sectors and mixed econometric outcomes of recent private sector participation in water management indicate that decision making of water policy is very much a political process rather than an economic or technical based one. Consequently, it gets more important to understand how water policy is formulated and implemented and under what political influences, as well as what institutional arrangements in the processes of bidding, monitoring, negotiating, and regulating have been attempted, succeeded or failed. This study aims to answers to these questions by assessing four cases in the Global South: Cochabamba (Bolivia), Uruguay, Johannesburg (South Africa), and Manila (Philippines), where the government implemented either or both private sector participation and re-municipalization in past decades. By employing the Advocacy Coalition Framework, Stakeholder Analysis, and Discourse Network Analysis, this study analyzes the coalitions which hold different policy core beliefs on water, their strategies to translate their beliefs on policy making, and institutional arrangements to adjust the policy after internal and external events. The content analysis with secondary data collected by Nexis Lexis and two interviews with experts were employed to obtain in-depth understanding on the cases. The study concludes that grassroots civil society organizations, which call for a human right to water and participatory governance, have increased their political leverage by forming powerful coalitions in water management policy subsystem. Their calls have been reflected in new constitutions in Bolivia and Uruguay, and new institutional arrangements in Johannesburg and Manila, to acknowledge the responsibility of the state as a water provider and leader of water conservation and to foster more institutionalized civic spaces in water management.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
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| Date: |
30 January 2020 |
| Date Type: |
Publication |
| Defense Date: |
23 September 2019 |
| Approval Date: |
30 January 2020 |
| Submission Date: |
6 December 2019 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Number of Pages: |
162 |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs > Public and International Affairs |
| Degree: |
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy |
| Thesis Type: |
Doctoral Dissertation |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
water policy, water management, resource management, human right, public policy, water governance, participatory governance, water conservation |
| Date Deposited: |
30 Jan 2020 15:34 |
| Last Modified: |
30 Jan 2020 15:34 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/37966 |
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