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2017 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

1. Water Research in South Africa

verfasst von : Richard Meissner

Erschienen in: Paradigms and Theories Influencing Policies in the South African and International Water Sectors

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Research scientists investigate water research in South Africa through a number of lenses and focusing on the water sector’s various facets. The main aim of the research endeavour is to recommend solutions to the problems faced by the country’s water sector. What creeps in, so to speak, when conducting such research are the myths we rely on. In many instances these myths can bedevil the research process and lead to a situation where researchers paint only a partial picture of reality. This partiality can be mitigated by taking a stance that science is not dogmatic insistence, but constant critique. We see this one-sidedness when looking at current issues in South Africa’s water domain: acid mine drainage, integrated water resource management and transboundary river cooperation. We can move beyond such a situation by taking a critical solidarity stance bringing into focus other perspectives but also enough distance to represent the interests and needs of practitioners.

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Nächstes Kapitel Water Governance and Management and Climate Change
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Stated very basically, neorealism is a systemic theory of International Relations that rests on the basic assumptions that states are the most important role players in world politics and that there is a clear distinction between the domestic and international political domains (Powell 1994).
 
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Simply put, social constructivism is another International Relations theory that emphasises the importance of the norms and the identities of international actors in world affairs (Ruggie 1998).
 
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Rational choice is another influential theory in the discipline of International Relations and builds on the fundamental aspects of the modern economy. The theory notes that the actor is central to political processes and more specifically actors that are utility maximisers. As such, decisions by actors, individual or collective, are based on cost-benefit analyses (Coicaud 2014). According to Isacoff (2015: 26) ‘…[rational choice theory’s] aura has been quite prominent in the soft positivismof structural realism. Most of realism’s core propositions—in particular, that actors are unitary and rational—are derived from positivism, generally speaking.’
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Water Research in South Africa
verfasst von
Richard Meissner
Copyright-Jahr
2017
Buch
Paradigms and Theories Influencing Policies in the South African and International Water Sectors

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-48546-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-48547-8

Copyright-Jahr: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48547-8_1