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The hegemony of integrated water resources management as a global water discourse

Mukhtarov, Farhad and Cherp, Aleh LU (2014) p.3-21
Abstract

The early form of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) emerged in the USA in the 1900s in order to manage interactions between water, land, eco- and social systems. By the end of the last century, IWRM has become a globally prominent policy concept. We concern ourselves with three questions, namely, a) “why did IWRM become a globally popular concept”?; b) “how did IWRM become a globally popular concept”?; and c) “what are the effects of IWRM being a globally popular concept”? We argue that this popularity can be explained in term of a neo-Gramscian concept of hegemony and the three-dimensional model of power. The hegemony of IWRM relies on: a) providing material incentives to engage with IWRM; b) directing normative persuasion... (More)

The early form of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) emerged in the USA in the 1900s in order to manage interactions between water, land, eco- and social systems. By the end of the last century, IWRM has become a globally prominent policy concept. We concern ourselves with three questions, namely, a) “why did IWRM become a globally popular concept”?; b) “how did IWRM become a globally popular concept”?; and c) “what are the effects of IWRM being a globally popular concept”? We argue that this popularity can be explained in term of a neo-Gramscian concept of hegemony and the three-dimensional model of power. The hegemony of IWRM relies on: a) providing material incentives to engage with IWRM; b) directing normative persuasion in order to create and diffuse the norms; and c) building up organizational hierarchies to support IWRM planning. Using water management in Kazakhstan as a case study, we demonstrate some of the risks associated with an uncritical embrace of IWRM which may stem from its global hegemony.

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Fragmentation, Global water initiatives, Holistic management, IWRM, Kazakhstan, Neo-gramscian, Neoliberalism, Technocratic elites, Transnational actors, USA
host publication
River Basin Management in the Twenty-First Century : Understanding People and Place - Understanding People and Place
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19 pages
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CRC Press
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  • scopus:85055171502
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9781466579620
9781466579637
DOI
10.1201/b17168
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English
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  author       = {{Mukhtarov, Farhad and Cherp, Aleh}},
  booktitle    = {{River Basin Management in the Twenty-First Century : Understanding People and Place}},
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  keywords     = {{Fragmentation; Global water initiatives; Holistic management; IWRM; Kazakhstan; Neo-gramscian; Neoliberalism; Technocratic elites; Transnational actors; USA}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{01}},
  pages        = {{3--21}},
  publisher    = {{CRC Press}},
  title        = {{The hegemony of integrated water resources management as a global water discourse}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b17168}},
  doi          = {{10.1201/b17168}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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