Institutions, Ideology, and the Tragedy of the Commons
West Texas Groundwater Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10933985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Somma |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-14 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Publius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a029887 |
| OpenAlex | W2002515940 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
West Texas is the setting for an unintended experiment in commons resource management. Dispersed, autonomous, local groundwater districts use nonregulatory strategies to promote conservation and groundwater quality. The central force driving this organizational form appears to be ideological. West Texans seek alternatives to state management of groundwater pumping. This study uses key-informant interviews to evaluate the strength of ideology in explaining West Texas groundwater policy and to provide a theoretical framework for discussing the importance of the “local solution.’ Time-series data substantiate the claim that local groundwater districts succeed in slowing depletion rates
Commons · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Groundwater · Ideology · Local government · Political science · Politics · Resource (disambiguation · State (computer science · Tragedy of the commons · Unintended consequences · Engineering · Environmental Science · Law · Public Administration · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Water resources management and optimization
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2010 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |