Self-Management of Irrigation Systems, a Typology

The Mexican Case

Bibliographic Data

ID12088019
AuthorsJacinta Palerm Viqueira (0000-0002-5499-9791, Colegio de Postgraduados, corresponding author), JACINTA PALERM-VIQUEIRA (Colegio de Postgraduados)
Year2006
Volume22
Issue2
Pages361-385
Publication date2006-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0742-9797 • E-ISSN: 1533-8320
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/msem.2006.22.2.361
OpenAlexW2000562005
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

In this paper, we suggest a typology for distinct types of self-management, based on who carries out the administration and operation of the irrigation system: specialized staff (bureaucratic) or the irrigators themselves (non-bureaucratic). We argue that a specialized staff for irrigation administration and operation characterizes all large systems, but that both small and medium-sized systems may be administered and operated by the irrigators themselves. Both types of organization are described, and special attention is given to the problems posed by bureaucratic organization. The effectiveness of bureaucratic or non-bureaucratic organization is treated from the analytical framework of industry, where issues of efficiency and a preferred cultural model have been framed. Finally, we propose that smallholding and non-bureaucratic self-management of irrigation are linked. Proponemos una tipología de autogestión, basada en quién realiza la administración y operación en el sistema hidráulico: personal especializado (burocrático) o los mismos regantes (no burocrático). Argumentamos que el uso de personal especializado para la administración y operación caracteriza a todos los grandes sistemas de riego, pero que los pequeños y medianos sistemas de riego pueden ser administrados y operados por los mismos regantes. Se describe a ambos tipos de organización, y se da particular atención a los problemas peculiares que derivan de una organización burocrática. La eficacia de la organización burocrática o no burocrática es tratada desde el marco analítico de la industria, donde las cuestiones de la eficiencia y el modelo cultural preferido han sido consideradas. Finalmente, se propone que hay una relación causal entre minifundismo y administración no burocrática

Archaeology · Art · Bureaucracy · Economics · Geography · Humanities · Irrigation · Management · Political science · Sociology · Typology · Welfare economics · Agricultural and Food Production Studies · Law · Plant and soil sciences · Public Administration · Regional Development and Innovation

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