NEW PUBLICATION: YATES & HARRIS: HYBRID REGULATORY LANDSCAPES: THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER, VARIEGATED NEOLIBERAL WATER GOVERNANCE, AND POLICY TRANSFER IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, AND ACCRA, GHANA (FREE UNTIL JUL 15)

Julian S. Yates and Leila M. Harris have published an article in World Development, titled “Hybrid regulatory landscapes: The human right to water, variegated neoliberal water governance, and policy transfer in Cape Town, South Africa, and Accra, Ghana.”

Abstract: Drawing on an analysis of water access and supply in Cape Town (South Africa) and Accra (Ghana), we illustrate that neoliberal and human right to water-oriented transformations co-constitute each other discursively, practically, and in policy implementation. Focusing on the transfer of policies and experiences (particularly conjoined demand management-free basic water programs and related social contestation), we provide examples of how neoliberal logics and human right to water principles intersect in evolving hybrid regulatory landscapes, which are characterized by contradiction. The human right to water makes a difference by influencing the drafting and implementation of water-related policies that affect to the lives of poor and vulnerable populations. Yet this process unfolds unevenly, as human right to water principles and practices are contextually applied, often alongside neoliberalizing policy instruments within evolving regulatory landscapes. Our analysis reveals the uneven effects of policy experimentation, transfer, and adaptation. The analysis shows that the principle of the human right to water affects the transformation of policy options circulating in the water sector, but it does so in relation to the institutional histories and policy options associated with uneven patterns of variegated neoliberalization in the water sector.

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X18301694

The article is free until July 15, 2018.

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