Recentralizing state power in decentralized small drinking water system governance in New Mexico, USA

IF 2 3区环境科学与生态学 Q3 WATER RESOURCES

International Journal of Water Resources Development Pub Date : 2021-10-11 DOI:10.1080/07900627.2021.1976116

B. Warner, T. Colvin, Ria Mukerji

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Abstract

ABSTRACT We study the role of the state in small drinking water system governance in New Mexico, USA. Using interviews and demographic data, we develop a grounded theory of the political economy of public accountability in decentralized water governance. We find that the state decentralizes water governance by enforcing public accountability requirements in poor, non-white communities that do not meet its standards for drinking water provisioning. By doing so, it relieves itself of the burden of safe drinking water provisioning. We challenge the assumption that state authority is abated through decentralization and contribute to understandings of inequality in water governance.

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在美国新墨西哥州分散的小型饮用水系统治理中重新集中国家权力

摘要：我们研究了美国新墨西哥州政府在小型饮用水系统治理中的作用。通过访谈和人口统计数据，我们建立了一个关于分散水治理中公共问责制政治经济学的基础理论。我们发现，该州通过在不符合其饮用水供应标准的贫穷非白人社区执行公共问责要求，分散了水治理。通过这样做，它减轻了安全饮用水供应的负担。我们挑战了国家权力通过权力下放而削弱的假设，并有助于理解水治理中的不平等。

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International Journal of Water Resources Development 环境科学-水资源

CiteScore

8.10

自引率

9.70%

发文量

审稿时长

1 months

期刊介绍： International Journal of Water Resources Development is a policy and practice-oriented Journal that covers all aspects of water resources policy, management, development and governance. It is an interdisciplinary journal that focuses on water resources and their economic, financial, social and environmental-related impacts. Contributions which include the interdependences and inter-linkages between the water and the agricultural, energy, industrial and health sectors in both developed and developing countries, both at present and in the future, are welcome.