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This book reviews and analyzes emerging challenges in water policy,
governance and institutions in India. Recent times have seen the
contours of water policy shaped by new discourses and narratives;
there has been a pluralization of the state and a changing balance
of power among the actors who influence the formulation of water
policy. Discourses on gender mainstreaming and Integrated Water
Resource Management (IWRM) are influential, though they have often
remained rhetorical and difficult to put into practice. Debate over
property rights reform and inter-linking of rivers has been
polarized. At the same time, there has been a rising disenchantment
with policy initiatives in participatory irrigation management,
cleaning up of water bodies and pollution control. Fast depletion
of groundwater resources and the importance of adopting new
irrigation methods are getting increased focus in the recent policy
dialogue. The contributors review current debate on these and other
subjects shaping the governance of water resources, and take stock
of new policy developments. The book examines the experience of
policy implementation, and shows where important weaknesses still
lie. The authors present a roadmap for the future, and discuss the
potential of alternative approaches for tackling emerging
challenges. A case is made for greater emphasis on a discursive
analysis of water policy, to examine underlying policy processes.
The contributors observe that the ongoing democratization of water
governance, coupled with the multiplication of stresses on water,
will create a more visible demand for platforms for negotiation,
conflict resolution and dialogue across different categories of
users and uses. Finally, the authors propose that future research
should challenge implicit biases in water resources planning and
address imbalances in the allocation of water from the perspectives
of both equity and sustainability.
This book reviews and analyzes emerging challenges in water policy,
governance and institutions in India. Recent times have seen the
contours of water policy shaped by new discourses and narratives;
there has been a pluralization of the state and a changing balance
of power among the actors who influence the formulation of water
policy. Discourses on gender mainstreaming and Integrated Water
Resource Management (IWRM) are influential, though they have often
remained rhetorical and difficult to put into practice. Debate over
property rights reform and inter-linking of rivers has been
polarized. At the same time, there has been a rising disenchantment
with policy initiatives in participatory irrigation management,
cleaning up of water bodies and pollution control. Fast depletion
of groundwater resources and the importance of adopting new
irrigation methods are getting increased focus in the recent policy
dialogue. The contributors review current debate on these and other
subjects shaping the governance of water resources, and take stock
of new policy developments. The book examines the experience of
policy implementation, and shows where important weaknesses still
lie. The authors present a roadmap for the future, and discuss the
potential of alternative approaches for tackling emerging
challenges. A case is made for greater emphasis on a discursive
analysis of water policy, to examine underlying policy processes.
The contributors observe that the ongoing democratization of water
governance, coupled with the multiplication of stresses on water,
will create a more visible demand for platforms for negotiation,
conflict resolution and dialogue across different categories of
users and uses. Finally, the authors propose that future research
should challenge implicit biases in water resources planning and
address imbalances in the allocation of water from the perspectives
of both equity and sustainability.
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