The remarkable restoration of the Rhine: plural rationalities in regional water politics

Marco Verweij

Water International, 2017, vol. 42, issue 2, 207-221

Abstract: The restoration of the Rhine basin is widely viewed as an exemplary case of international water protection. The river’s clean-up has been characterized by a number of puzzling developments. These include chemical companies reducing their toxic effluents by more than legally required, and riparian governments quarrelling internationally over environmental measures that each of them were undertaking domestically. It is argued that the plural rationality (or cultural) theory pioneered by Dame Mary Douglas offers an empirically valid explanation of these remarkable processes.

Date: 2017
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