Water Politics and Political Culture

1.Introduction

2.  The Social Construction of Water Management and Political Culture

2.1  What is Social Constructionism?

2.2  Main Assumptions of Social Constructionism

2.3  Why Social Constructionism?

2.4  Social Constructionism Applied


3.  IWRM as a Social Construct

3.1 Historical Background of IWRM

3.2 Modern Definition and Emergence of IWRM

3.3 Problematic Implications of IWRM    62

3.4 Example of IWRM: The EU Water Framework Directive

3.5 Caveats of the Directive


4.  Political Culture of Turkish Water Bureaucracy

4.1 Turkish Political Culture

4.2  Political Culture of Turkish Water Bureaucracy

4.3  Political Culture of Turkish Water Bureaucracy and its Compatibility with IWRM and the EU

4.4 Water Framework Directive and Turkey's Current Water Policy: Technical Issues or Attitudes?


5.  Water Transfers and Turkish Political Culture: Melen Case

5.1  IBWTs: What are they?

5.2  Water Transfers and IWRM

5.3  Melen Water Transfer, IWRM and Turkish Political Culture


6. Comparing Political Cultures of Turkey and Spain

6.1 Comparing Turkey with Spain

6.2 Spanish Political Culture

6.3. Political Culture of Spanish Water Bureaucracy

6.4 Case Study: Ebro Inter-basin Water Transfer               



6.5  Why is the Implementation of IWRM and WFD Unsuccessful in Spain?


7. Conclusion

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