Water Policy Networks in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4329385 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John G Heilman (Auburn University), Gerald W Johnson (Auburn University), John C Morris (0000-0001-9820-5618, Mississippi State University), Laurence J O''Toole, Laurence J O’toole (University of Georgia), Laurence J O'Toole |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 80-109 |
| Publication date | 1994-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644019408414168 |
| OpenAlex | W1985105287 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
Evidence suggests that the US water sector is characterised by multiple arrays but not an overarching sector‐wide arrangement encompassing all the major decision‐making participants. The water policy field is marked by considerable fragmentation in structure, as well as by largely‐uncoordinated policy. Several forces ‐ including ‘metapolicy’ shifts, professionalism and alterations in professional dominance, and the tension between advocates of more integrated water policy‐making (on the one hand) and interests favouring the status quo (on the other) ‐ have influenced the dynamics of network changes over time. Evidence also suggests that the structure of network organisation in the water sector has impacts on policy outputs. The network idea adds to the understanding of policy change in the US case, but there are also reasons to expect network‐based investigations to face limitations in explanatory power in the field of comparative policy
Business · Economics · Explanatory power · Political science · Public economics · Status quo · Water resources · Water sector · Computer Science · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Water resources management and optimization · Ecology
Policy networks
The Organizational State
The New American Political System
National Water Policy
Metapolicy Transition and Policy Implementation
New directions in the study of policy networks
Dimensions and types of policy networks
The structure of policy networks
Subgovernments and the Impact of Policy Fragmentation and Accommodation
Decisions and Nondecisions
Community Power and Political Theory. A Further Look at Problems of Evidence and Inference
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
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| Citation span | 1997 - 1997 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |