Local policy networks and agricultural watershed management
By: LUBELL, Mark
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Contributor(s): FULTON, Allan.
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ArticlePublisher: Cary : Oxford University, oct. 2008Subject(s): Administração Regional | Políticas Públicas | Implementação | Agricultura | Meio Ambiente | Modelo de GestãoJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory - JPART 18, 4, p. 673-696Abstract: This article emphasizes the critical role of local policy networks for the implementation of agricultural watershed management and the adoption of environmental best management practices. Local networks facilitate diffusion of innovations, the development of social capital, and cultural change. All of these elements are essential for the ability of watershed management programs to successfully solve the water quality collective action problems caused by agricultural nonpoint source pollution. Analyses of survey data from 408 orchard growers in California's Sacramento River watershed demonstrate that exposure to policy networks substantially implications for public administration and policies where implementation depends on widespread cooperation and the development of networks with public agencies
This article emphasizes the critical role of local policy networks for the implementation of agricultural watershed management and the adoption of environmental best management practices. Local networks facilitate diffusion of innovations, the development of social capital, and cultural change. All of these elements are essential for the ability of watershed management programs to successfully solve the water quality collective action problems caused by agricultural nonpoint source pollution. Analyses of survey data from 408 orchard growers in California's Sacramento River watershed demonstrate that exposure to policy networks substantially implications for public administration and policies where implementation depends on widespread cooperation and the development of networks with public agencies
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