State roles and motivations in collaborative approaches to water governance: A power theory-based analysis

Geoforum

Volumn 74, Issue , 2016, Pages 202-212

  Brisbois, Marie Claire ^a   de Loë, Rob C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Collaboration; Collaborative water governance; Government; Power; State

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; POLICY MAKING; POWER RELATIONS; STATE ROLE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84979226391     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.06.012     Document Type: Article

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