Dear GEP-ed Friends and Colleagues, I know it's a bit late, but before we submit our paper individually, might there be a panel out there that would be interested in adding the following paper proposal? Many thanks, Craig Kaufman and Pam Martin
“Reversing the Information Flow: The Global Governance of Water from the South” Much of the literature on transnational networks and global governance portrays global norms and policies as being developed at the global level and then transferred to the domestic level, moving principally from the global North to the global South. However, the globalization process of the 1990s connected actors across traditional boundaries and strengthened the ability of Southern actors to respond to global and local environmental issues. The case of watershed management in South America (Ecuador in particular) demonstrates the ability of Southern norms and networks to influence global strategies for governing watersheds. Through a comparative case study, this paper analyzes the negotiation process involved in transnational actors’ attempts to implement global watershed management policies at the local level. Specifically, it examines the impacts of pressure exerted by local actors in Ecuadorian communities on global non-governmental organizations and development agencies, such as The Nature Conservancy and USAID. This pressure resulted in a change in strategy by transnational actors and a change in watershed management mechanisms advocated by these global governors, not just in Ecuador, but around the world. These cases from the equator point to the increased power of local norms and principles on an interconnected and networked planet. -- Pamela L. Martin, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Politics Coastal Carolina University P.O. Box 261954 Conway, SC 29528-6054 843-349-2966 [email protected] [email protected]
