{"product_id":"hydroparadigms-exploring-global-water-governance-discourses-von-samuel-schmid","title":"Hydroparadigms","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - Environmental Policy, grade: 1,0, University of Luzern, language: English, abstract: This paper discusses the question what kind of Hydroparadigms exist and which dominate the development discourses in Global Water Governance (GWG) in the UN. Theoretically, I draw on non-critical elements of discourse theory as well as a social constructivist framework and concep-tualize Hydroparadigms as the underlying logics and ¿policy philosophies¿ as to how to solve or mitigate the global water crisis. I argue that the actors in GWG are driven by such paradigms, which are central not only to problem perceptions and policy proposals, but also for eventual re-gime formation. Then, based on a literature review, I deduct a typology system, proposing a three-dimensional map of Hydroparadigms ideal types, each with their specific problem definition, values, norms, policy implications and varying concepts of sustainability. The subsequent dis-course analysis is guided by a pragmatic approach, seeing the method as a special text-analysis that is not so theory-laden. Offering a broad overview of UN actors¿ discourses, I conclude that there are four existing and distinct Hydroparadigms ¿ statist, community-based, economic, and integrated approaches ¿ and that the latter are clearly dominant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783640726301\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eExploring Global Water Governance Discourses\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783640726301","offer_id":39441798824029,"sku":"9783640726301","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/47272a2c-a044-44e4-822d-4b1e97ffcc6e.jpg?v=1777696801","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/hydroparadigms-exploring-global-water-governance-discourses-von-samuel-schmid","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}