Governance of Water

Institutional Alternatives and Political Economy
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-93-5280-991-2
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 184 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 717 g

An oft-quoted, modern adage is that the next major global conflict will be over water. In many areas of the world the present is already marked by an uneasy competition among different water users and use sectors, often leading to conflicts. India particularly stands on the brink of an uncertain future, its ever-growing population putting pressure on its increasingly meagre water resources.

Governance of Water: Institutional Alternatives and Political Economy is a timely, relevant book that makes a case for reforming water governance in India through not only re-orientating policy priorities and approaches, but also restructuring the institutional framework away from the state and village dichotomy. The book has eminent scholars explore the issue from various angles—neo-classical and institutional economics, deliberative democracy, public administration, collective action and political economy perspectives.

Divided into four sections, the 17 thought-provoking chapters in this volume contend that the challenges facing water governance in India cannot be addressed in the current policy framework. The book argues that a possible link between the larger structure of the economy and the transaction costs in water governance, as well as relations with the democratic polity as it actually functions, need to be understood clearly; the research on the transformation of water governance requires in-depth analysis to make the process more transparent, participatory and accountable to the larger society.

The book makes a strong case and will contribute immensely to the study and discussion of water governance in India. It will interest environmental and agricultural economists, ecologists, policy-makers and planners and those in the development sector, as well as the media and the general reader.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ballabh, Vishwa

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Wirtschaftsgeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements
PART ONE: GOVERNANCE: CONCEPTS, ISSUES, AND CHALLENGES
Governance of Water - Ballabh
Issues and Challenges
Water Governance, Politics, Policy - Iyer
Mis-governance of Droughts in India - Jairath
Gender Issues in Water Governance - Kulkani, Joy & Paranjape
Review of Challenges and Emerging Strategies
PART TWO: PRICING, SUBSIDIES AND GOVERNANCE OF SURFACE WATER
Pricing, Subsidies and Instituional Reforms in Indian Irrigation - Raju & Gulati
Some Emerging Trends
Recovery of Irrigation User Cess and Governance of Canal Systems - Thomas & Ballabh
Irrigation Water Pricing - Parthasarathy
Analysis of Competing Sources
Resources, Rules and Technology - Shah
Ethnography of Building a Water Users' Association
Crafting Institutions for Collective Action in Canal Irrigation - Narain
Can We Break the Deadlocks?
Inter-state Water Disputes and the Governance Challenges - Padhiari & Ballabh
PART THREE: GROUNDWATER GOVERNANCE
Groundwater Governance in Eastern India - Ballabh et. al
Political Economy of Groundwater Governance in Gujarat - Prakash
A Micro-level Analysis
Governing the Groundwater Economy - Shah
Comparative Analysis of National Institutions and Policies in South Asia, China and Mexico
PART FOUR: THE WAY FORWARD
Multi-stakeholder Participation, Collaborative Policy-making and Water Governance - Joy, Suhas & Kulkarni
The Need for a Normative Framework
Multi-stakeholders' Dialogue as an Approach Towards Sustainable Use of Groundwater - Janakarajan
Some Experiences in the Palar River Basin, South India
The New Institutions Economics of India's Water Policy - Shah
The Water Resources Policy Process in India - Mollinga
Centralisation, Polarisation and New Demands on Governance
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ballabh, Vishwa
Vishwa Ballabh is Professor of Economics and Coordinator for the Centre of Rural Management at the School of Business and Human Resources, Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur. Prior to joining XLRI, he was Reserve Bank of India Chair Professor at the Institute of Rural Management, Anand.

Professor Ballabh graduated in Agriculture from Pant Nagar and holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. He has been a post-doctoral fellow at the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and was a visiting scholar at Indiana University, USA, and a visiting scientist at the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines. He has over 20 years of teaching and research experience. His research interests include institutions and natural resource management and agricultural development. He is a member of several national and international professional societies in agricultural and natural resource economics. He was vice president of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics in 1996–97. He has participated in several national and international conferences and has been consultant to several national and international development organisations such as the Ford Foundation, Royal Netherlands Embassy, UNICEF and International Water Management Institute.

He has published widely and edited/co-edited books: Farm Forestry in South Asia, Co-operative Management of Natural Resources and Institutional Alternatives and Governance of Agriculture. He is presently co-editing a book (with Jasveen Jairath) —Droughts and Integrated Water Resources Management in South Asia: Issues, Alternatives and Futures. He has also co-authored a monograph titled Organising for Rural Development.