In most Latin American countries, issues concerning water governance and control also reflect broader conflicts over authority and legitimacy between the state and civil society. What lies behind the diverse water policy reforms is not simply a question of governing water affairs but also a drive to control or co-opt water user groups. This paper examines the efforts by the present Ecuadorian government to ‘control water users’ through new forms of ‘governmentality’ (Foucault, 1991). We use the ‘cathedral and bazaar’ metaphor (Lankford and Hepworth, 2010) to illustrate government rationale and practices in water governance shifts in the last decades. We analyze how Rafael Correa’s government sets out to reshape the relations between state, ...
This article analyzes Latin American policies for managing drinking water based on the most recent d...
Water rights are best understood as politically contested and culturally embedded relationships amon...
Set against the background of struggles for territory, livelihood, and dignified existence in Latin ...
In most Latin American countries, issues concerning water governance and control also reflect broade...
In Ecuador neo-liberal reforms in the 1990s transformed the water and irrigation sector at different...
This article critically investigates recent water governance shifts, particularly constitutional cha...
Participation of water users in Ecuadorian water governance has increased in the last two decades th...
Making water management more democratic through the participation of water users, while crucially in...
© 2016 International Water Resources Association. Ecuadorian state policies and institutional reform...
NGOs have taken up an increasing number of roles and responsibilities in Latin American societies. B...
Based on the concept of «law discourse content» developed by Óscar Correas, this article examines th...
This article traces a policy shift that makes the ‘water user’ the main subject of water governance....
In the past two decades spaces for user participation have been opened within water governance struc...
Set against the background of struggles for territory, livelihood, and dignified<br/>existence in La...
Las características geográficas, las condiciones climáticas, la biodiversidad, el multiculturalismo ...
This article analyzes Latin American policies for managing drinking water based on the most recent d...
Water rights are best understood as politically contested and culturally embedded relationships amon...
Set against the background of struggles for territory, livelihood, and dignified existence in Latin ...
In most Latin American countries, issues concerning water governance and control also reflect broade...
In Ecuador neo-liberal reforms in the 1990s transformed the water and irrigation sector at different...
This article critically investigates recent water governance shifts, particularly constitutional cha...
Participation of water users in Ecuadorian water governance has increased in the last two decades th...
Making water management more democratic through the participation of water users, while crucially in...
© 2016 International Water Resources Association. Ecuadorian state policies and institutional reform...
NGOs have taken up an increasing number of roles and responsibilities in Latin American societies. B...
Based on the concept of «law discourse content» developed by Óscar Correas, this article examines th...
This article traces a policy shift that makes the ‘water user’ the main subject of water governance....
In the past two decades spaces for user participation have been opened within water governance struc...
Set against the background of struggles for territory, livelihood, and dignified<br/>existence in La...
Las características geográficas, las condiciones climáticas, la biodiversidad, el multiculturalismo ...
This article analyzes Latin American policies for managing drinking water based on the most recent d...
Water rights are best understood as politically contested and culturally embedded relationships amon...
Set against the background of struggles for territory, livelihood, and dignified existence in Latin ...