Abstract

Proceedings of the Workshop on Water and Politics: Understanding the Role of Politics
in Water Management Marseille, 26-27 February 2004. Proceedings WWC Publication No.1



The way water and politics interact is critical for decisions on and implementation of water
reforms. Politics, defined here as the process through which relations of power are
constituted, negotiated and reproduced, is indeed in the background of all public decisions and action. Although obvious to water practitioners, this political component has not received sufficient attention so far. On the contrary, the international discourse often exerts a strong depoliticising effect by focusing on neutral concepts, which avoid controversies being developed and properly addressed. That is why the World Water Council has initiated, in partnership with IUCN, a “Water and Politics” programme that aims to raise awareness of the importance of political issues in water reforms and to identify how politics can be a tool for the water community.

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