Water governance—An historical perspective on current debates

P Woodhouse, M Muller - World development, 2017 - Elsevier
Since the UN water conference at Mar del Plata in 1977, there have been international
debates about how water governance could and should respond to the challenges of …

The transition of EU water policy towards the Water Framework Directive's integrated river basin management paradigm

T Giakoumis, N Voulvoulis - Environmental management, 2018 - Springer
Introduced in 2000 to reform and rationalise water policy and management across the
European Union (EU) Member States (MS), the Water Framework Directive (WFD), the EU's …

[BOOK][B] The politics of bureaucracy: An introduction to comparative public administration

BG Peters - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
Written by B. Guy Peters, a leading authority in the field, this comprehensive exploration of
the political and policy making roles of public bureaucracies is now available in a fully …

[HTML][HTML] The black box of power in polycentric environmental governance

TH Morrison, WN Adger, K Brown, MC Lemos… - Global Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Failure to address unsustainable global change is often attributed to failures in conventional
environmental governance. Polycentric environmental governance—the popular alternative …

[HTML][HTML] The EU Water Framework Directive: From great expectations to problems with implementation

N Voulvoulis, KD Arpon, T Giakoumis - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC (WFD) is widely accepted as the most
substantial and ambitious piece of European environmental legislation to date. It has been …

[HTML][HTML] Nothing but symbolic: Chinese new authoritarianism, smart government, and the challenge of multi-level governance

J Zhang, L Mora - Government Information Quarterly, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates the impact of Chinese new authoritarian principles on the approach
to multi-level governance that China has implemented during the national transition to smart …

Theorizing from qualitative research in public administration: Plurality through a combination of rigor and richness

RE Ashworth, AM McDermott… - Journal of public …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Scholars emphasize the need for additional rigor in qualitative research. This inadvertently
encourages formulaic and standardized approaches that undermine the benefits of …

Studying the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Europe: A meta-analysis of 89 journal articles

B Boeuf, O Fritsch - Ecology and Society, 2016 - JSTOR
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is arguably the most ambitious piece of European
Union (EU) legislation in the field of water. The directive defines a general framework for …

[HTML][HTML] The Social Licence to Operate: Ambiguities and the neutralization of harm in Mongolia

ME Meesters, JH Behagel - Resources Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Social Licence to Operate (SLO) is increasingly used in extractive industries
both as a response to calls for greater community engagement and as a corporate …

[HTML][HTML] Moving forward to achieve the ambitions of the European Water Framework Directive: Lessons learned from the Netherlands

S Wuijts, HFMW Van Rijswick, PPJ Driessen… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The restoration and preservation of freshwater ecosystems is one of the prerequisites for a
sustainable and fair future for all and therefore part of the United Nations Sustainable …