As they provide a negotiating space for a diversity of interests, Multi-Stakeholder Platforms (MSPs) are an increasingly popular mode of involving civil society in resource management decisions. This book focuses on water management to take a positive, if critical, look at this phenomenon....

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Maps, Figures, and Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I: MODERNIZATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMOCRATIZATION -- 1 Reflexive Developmentalism? Toward an Environmental Critique of Modernization -- 2...