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Dr. Margo van den Brink / Dr. Margo van den Brink / [email protected]
‘‘So What? Why we need interpretive methods for water governance’ So What? Why we need interpretive methods for water governance’
Workshop University of Sheffield, 31 March – 1 April 2011Workshop University of Sheffield, 31 March – 1 April 2011
‘‘Holding up the mirror’ to Dutch water Holding up the mirror’ to Dutch water managersmanagers
Or how to take part in the negotiation of a new water futureOr how to take part in the negotiation of a new water future
› The policy-implementing agency of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment
› Responsible for flood protection of the Netherlands
› Well known for its engineering knowledge and expertise
On the horns of a dilemmaOn the horns of a dilemma
› On the one hand, Rijkswaterstaat needs its renowned expert status to fulfil its public responsibilities, such as the protection against floods
› On the other hand, it also needs to distance itself from this expert status to meet the increasing social and political imperative of developing into a more responsive and efficient public organisation
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A discursive approachA discursive approach
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› Rijkswaterstaat’s transformation was accompanied by the introduction of a new policy language
› The aim was to gain insight in its search for and construction of a new organisational identity
› Post-structuralist discourse-theoretical perspective combined with insights from framing theory
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‘‘Holding up the mirror’Holding up the mirror’
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Three subsequent steps:
1. Creating trustworthy interpretations
2. Writing a performative text – a ‘learning history’