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THE INCREASING CALLS FOR A HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER AND PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE IN WATER POLICY

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 (Unpublished)

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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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Item Type: University of Pittsburgh ETD
Status: Unpublished
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Song, Jee Eunsong.jehuh@gmail.comjes199
ETD Committee:
TitleMemberEmail AddressPitt UsernameORCID
Committee ChairGonzalez-Rivas, Marcelamag231@pitt.edumag231
Committee MemberComfort, Louiselkc@pitt.edulkc
Committee MemberNelson, Paulpjnelson@pitt.edupjnelson
Committee MemberSmall, Mitchellms35@andrew.cmu.edu
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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