Institutional organizers and collective action: the case of water users' associations in Gujarat, India

被引：11
作者：
Bassi, Nitin [1 ]
Rishi, Parul [2 ]
Choudhury, Nirmalya [3 ]
机构：
[1] IRAP, New Delhi, India
[2] IIFM, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
[3] Collect Integrated Livelihood Initiat CInI, Jamshedpur, Jharkand, India
来源：
WATER INTERNATIONAL | 2010年 / 35卷 / 01期
关键词：
Asia; India; participatory irrigation management; water users' association (WUA); institutional organizers; collective action;
D O I：
10.1080/02508060903515275
中图分类号：
TU [建筑科学];
学科分类号：
0813 ;
摘要：
Setting up water users' associations (WUAs) and involving them in the management of delivery systems is an important innovation in improving the performance of public irrigation systems. Most Indian states are in a great hurry to turn over management of "below-the outlet" systems to WUAs. Yet the crucial link between the work done by the institutional organizers who set up these WUAs, the efficacy of the WUAs and the eventual performance of the irrigation systems remains unexplored. This paper attempts to explore this link. It shows that overdrive in the formation of WUAs may reduce their institutional sustainability.
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页数：16
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