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Practical authority : agency and institutional change in Brazilian water politics / Rebecca Neaera Abers and Margaret E. Keck.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199364367 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Water-supply -- Brazil -- Management | Water-supply -- Political aspects -- Brazil | Water resources development -- Political aspects -- Brazil | Hydrology -- Brazil | Fresh water -- Brazil | Brazil -- Politics and government -- 1985-2002
Additional Physical Form: Print version 9780199985265DDC classification: 333.9100981 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This book looks at what actors in complex policy environments actually do to get new institutions off the ground. The story told has a multiplicity of protagonists, many of whom are normally invisible in political studies, such as the state officials and university professors who struggled to move water reform forward. The book explores the interaction between their efforts to influence the design and passage of new legislation and the hard labor of creating the new water management organizations the laws called for.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book looks at what actors in complex policy environments actually do to get new institutions off the ground. The story told has a multiplicity of protagonists, many of whom are normally invisible in political studies, such as the state officials and university professors who struggled to move water reform forward. The book explores the interaction between their efforts to influence the design and passage of new legislation and the hard labor of creating the new water management organizations the laws called for.
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