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Author: Rebecca Neaera Abers (Adjunct Professor, Adjunct Professor, Institute of Political Science, University of Brasmlia) ,
Margaret E. Keck (Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 23.60cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 15.70cm
Weight: 0.626kg
ISBN: 9780199985265
ISBN 10: 019998526
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 19 September 2013
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Abers and Keck combine innovative concepts of how actors make and use institutions with a rich body of empirical material. The result is an intriguing story of how actors have created, shaped, and used institutions that are 'entangled' in a particularly complex environment. The authors show the importance of agency, of viewing institutions dynamically, and of following the messy process of creating the practical authority with which to govern. -Ken Conca, author of Governing Water An attractive, compelling, and theoretically ambitious pragmatic account of agentic political actors struggling to construct new governance arrangements that span state, industry, and civil society, and balance the demands of environment, development, and fairness. This book will reward those seeking to understand the strategic and structural dynamics of institutional reform efforts. -Archon Fung, Harvard Kennedy School In the hands of the authors, the emergence of innovative water management institutions in Brazil becomes an unparalleled opportunity to question how people construct new institutions. The authors generate a powerful response by combining a carefully crafted, highly original theoretical framework with a treasure chest of empirical observations. Everyone from theoreticians to policy makers and activists will find this book invaluable. -Peter Evans, UC Berkeley
Practical Authority is a unique study that combines intensive field research, rich findings, and unusual scholarly humility in drawing conclusions to explain how actors construct institutions against all the odds. These qualities make Practical Authority a breakthrough book that must become part of every reading list about institutions and institutionalization. * Alon Peled, PADM * Practical Authority is simply an outstanding and tremendously important work. It can be expected to quickly become the basis for a great deal more research in environmental policy and natural resource management, and I expect it will also become the foundation for new fieldwork in a variety of areas in political science and political economy. * Alfred P. Montero, Latin American Studies *
Practical Authority is simply an outstanding and tremendously important work. It can be expected to quickly become the basis for a great deal more research in environmental policy and natural resource management, and I expect it will also become the foundation for new fieldwork in a variety of areas in political science and political economy. Alfred P. Montero, Latin American Studies
Author Information
Rebecca Neaera Abers is Professor of Political Science at the University of Brasília. Margaret Keck is Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University.
