State-centric water governance and ineffective coordination: developing a context-sensitive assessment in Iran’s rentier state

Ali Yousefi, Christian Knieper and Claudia Pahl-Wostl

International Journal of Water Resources Development, 2024, vol. 40, issue 4, 578-603

Abstract: Water reforms fail mainly because stubborn contextual constraints are not effectively considered. This study proposes a context-sensitive water governance assessment by designing a comparative approach within a case study and making inductive analytic generalizations. The framework is applied empirically to the Zayandeh Rud basin in the rentier state of Iran. The results indicate that the rentier-weak state context has led to centralized rent-seeking governance and limited implementation capacity – characteristics of the entire country, not just the water sector. Water issues will, therefore, require context-sensitive, problem-driven analysis beyond addressing water governance challenges.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2024.2310817

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