Practical authority agency and institutional change in Brazilian water politics Abers, Rebecca. creator Keck, Margaret E. Oxford University Press text bibliography Electronic books. nyu New York Oxford University Press 2013 monographic eng remote 1 online resource 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. Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Prologue; 1. Practical Authority, Institution Building, and Entanglement; 2. Entangled Institutions and Layered Reform Narratives: Governing Water Resources in Historical Context; 3. Institutional Design in Entangled Settings: How to Make an Unfinished Law; 4. Practicing Laws: Experiments with Institution Building; 5. Becoming Committees: Diversity, Problems, and Processes; 6. Diversions of Authority: Power, Perseverance, and Struggles over the Control of Water Resources; 7. Building Practical Authority from Outside the State. ConclusionsAppendix 1: Methodological Narrative; Appendix 2: List of Interviews; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W. specialized Rebecca Neaera Abers and Margaret E. Keck. Includes bibliographical references and index. s-bl--- 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 Eau Approvisionnement Brésil Gestion Eau Approvisionnement Aspect politique Brésil Ressources en eau Exploitation Aspect politique Brésil Hydrologie Brésil Eau douce Brésil Brésil Politique et gouvernement 1985-2002 Fresh water Hydrology Politics and government Water resources development Political aspects Water-supply Management Water-supply Political aspects Brazil Civil & Environmental Engineering Engineering & Applied Sciences Environmental Engineering 1985-2002 fast TD241.A1 A34 2013 333.9100981 9780199364367 0199364362 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/26642 StDuBDS 130826 20260318192523.5 in00005710131 eng