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NGOs and the Democratization of Ecuadorian Water Governance: Insights from the Multi-Stakeholder Platform el Foro de los Recursos HÃdricos
- Source :
- VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations 27 (2016) 1, VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 27(1), 166-186
- Publisher :
- Springer Nature
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Abstract
- NGOs have taken up an increasing number of roles and responsibilities in Latin American societies. Based on a study of the multi-stakeholder platform, the Water Resources Forum in Ecuador, this paper shows how through the creation of a broad network of NGOs, academics, grassroots water users organizations and governmental actors; this platform has been able to contribute to the democratization of water governance. This paper analyses the international and national socio-political context in which this platform developed and traces the history and strategies that marked its development. Based on this, it argues that NGOs can play an important role in the development of more democratic and inclusive public policy making in water governance, but that the capacity of NGOs to bring about change greatly depends on the socio-political context and on the networks they are able to forge with grassroots organizations, state agencies, funders and other third sector actors.
- Subjects :
- Economic growth
Public Administration
Sociology and Political Science
Multi-stakeholder platforms
050204 development studies
Strategy and Management
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Geography, Planning and Development
Public policy
Context (language use)
WASS
Grassroots
Political science
0502 economics and business
050602 political science & public administration
Democratization
Business and International Management
Social policy
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Earth-Surface Processes
Corporate governance
Grassroots organizations
05 social sciences
Democracy
Water Resources Management
0506 political science
Water resources
NGOs
Ecuador
Water governance
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09578765
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....76595a64fa0d3501518197a4b9283cd0
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-015-9559-1