Institutional bricolage in community-based water management: some insights from non-representational theory

Nunes, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0829-4130 and Fielmua, N. (2023) Institutional bricolage in community-based water management: some insights from non-representational theory. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 39 (3). pp. 404-432. ISSN 1360-0648 doi: 10.1080/07900627.2022.2078288

Abstract/Summary

Drawing on non-representational theory, using as an example the work of Gilles Deleuze, we offer a complementary perspective on critical institutionalism. We examine four case studies of community-based water management in the Upper West Region of Ghana, which has empowered communities and encouraged democratically accountable approaches, while also underpinning discriminatory practices. We find this can be attributed to institutional bricolage, but we argue that non-representational theory also provides an alternative orientation to our data. It allows the agency of disempowered individuals to be recast as acts of hope.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/104849
Identification Number/DOI	10.1080/07900627.2022.2078288
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Henley Business School > Real Estate and Planning
Uncontrolled Keywords	Ghana; critical institutionalism; non-representational theory; governance; power
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
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