@article{fdi:010078504, title = {{R}ooted water collectives : towards an analytical framework}, author = {{V}os, {J}. and {B}oelens, {R}. and {V}enot, {J}ean-{P}hilippe and {K}uper, {M}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}his paper presents an analytical framework to identify and understand grassroots water governance practices, which we call'rooted water collectives'({RWC}). {RWC}s can be multi-scalar organizations that engage in common property resources management or multi-scalar social movements that advocate for common property resources governance. {T}he framework, which we open for discussion, scrutinizes (1) the extent to which'rooted water collectives' are'grounded' in the sense they address locally perceived water control problems and resort to water-context embedded meaning, values, identities, belonging and vernacular knowledge ; (2) their internal decision-making dynamics ; and (3) their effectiveness in achieving impact at multiple scales. {I}t also considers five contextual factors that enable and constrain {RWC} development. {RWC} can be deployed as a conceptual lens, but also as an empirical manifestation constituting the object and subject of research. {I}t differs from wide-spread top-down-implemented participatory water management approaches and common property resources management research, in the importance it gives to politics, advocacy and multi-scale social movements. {T}he framework is illustrated with a cursory analysis of four cases: irrigators'federations in {P}eru ; the'new water culture' movement in {S}pain; collective irrigation in oases in {N}orth {A}frica; and loosely structured networks of irrigation water users in {C}ambodia.}, keywords = {{ESPAGNE} ; {PAYS} {BAS} ; {SUISSE} ; {NEPAL} ; {INDE} ; {INDONESIE} ; {AFRIQUE} {DU} {NORD} ; {SAHARA} ; {ALGERIE} ; {MAROC} ; {IRAN} ; {TUNISIE} ; {TANZANIE} ; {EQUATEUR} ; {PEROU} ; {BOLIVIE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{E}cological {E}conomics}, volume = {173}, numero = {}, pages = {art. no 106651 [11 ]}, ISSN = {0921-8009}, year = {2020}, DOI = {10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106651}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078504}, }