2017
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2016.1268658
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When Policy Hits Practice: Structure, Agency, and Power in South African Water Governance

Abstract: Fostering genuinely inclusive participation is challenging, whether the targets are within higher education or extend to other aspects of society. This brief paper addresses three challenges to broadening participation: arriving at a definition of participation, understanding the significance of representation, probing power relations that provide the context within which participation occurs.

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“…Given this relatively well-developed normative basis, the central challenges in developing an effective regulatory framework for the bioeconomy clearly emerge in the later stages of the governance cycle, i.e., in the implementation and enforcement of the existing rules [29]. The adoption of regulations into state legislation is one possibility, but it presupposes the existence of functioning state enforcement mechanisms, which do not exist in many emerging and developing countries.…”
Section: Governance Of Risks and Goal Conflictsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Given this relatively well-developed normative basis, the central challenges in developing an effective regulatory framework for the bioeconomy clearly emerge in the later stages of the governance cycle, i.e., in the implementation and enforcement of the existing rules [29]. The adoption of regulations into state legislation is one possibility, but it presupposes the existence of functioning state enforcement mechanisms, which do not exist in many emerging and developing countries.…”
Section: Governance Of Risks and Goal Conflictsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…He further points to differentials in knowledge, values, beliefs and access to political structures among water users. Similarly, Förster et al (2017) in their analysis of water reform in South Africa draw attention to differentials in resources and capabilities such as finance, logistics and knowledge among water users that may enable or constrain participation. Recent review by the Department of Water and Sanitation in South Africa (Department of Water Affairs, 2013) on whether water user associations contribute to empowerment of previously disadvantaged social actors provides crucial insights and lessons on challenges of establishing and designing institutional arrangements for adaptive governance for other countries in southern Africa.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Since the 1990s, the South African government developed a framework of water management which adopted ideas of collaborative governance and aimed to change the uneven distribution of power. However, the power asymmetries of relevant actors still hindered the effective operation of the framework [29].…”
Section: Responsibility Mechanism Of Rcsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is particularly suitable for larger basins (such as those that cover the entire country or even cross borders) which include more different stakeholders and need more public consultation and participation [51]. The establishment of some water user associations, as an ongoing political process, alleviated power asymmetries in the framework of collaborative water governance in South Africa as mentioned in Section 4.1.1 [29].…”
Section: Government-based Governancementioning
confidence: 99%