@article{Amaya-Ventura_2023, title={Politics and policy: power and performativity in Mexican local water management}, volume={22}, url={https://ipmr.net/index.php/ipmr/article/view/441}, abstractNote={<p>Water management is a complex subject which involves not only technical issues but also social and political aspects that need to be considered. In order to construct efficient and sustainable strategies we need to recognize the interweaving between power issues and performativity inside Mexican local water systems. We identify three general subjects related to water problems as the framework for five social and political factors affecting in a significant way the performativity of local water management systems. We review all of them through the conceptual tools provided by the public action analysis and the institutional theory applied to four case studies. The nature of the relationships established between public and social actors engaged on water management appears as a key factor, related to Mexican political culture and practices. We propose that a different power relationships framework is required to improve the performativity of water utilities.</p>}, number={1}, journal={International Public Management Review}, author={Amaya-Ventura, Maria de Lourdes}, year={2023}, month={May}, pages={144–169} }