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- Title
Institutions, Ideology, and the Tragedy of the Commons: West Texas Groundwater Policy.
- Authors
Somma, Mark
- Abstract
West Texas is the setting for an unintended experiment in commons resource management. Dispersed, autonomous, local groundwater districts use nonregulatory strategies to promote conservation and groundwater quality. The central force driving this organizational form appears to be ideological. West Texans seek alternatives to state management of groundwater pumping. This study uses key-informant interviews to evaluate the strength of ideology in explaining West Texas groundwater policy and to provide a theoretical framework for discussing the importance of the “local solution.’ Time-series data substantiate the claim that local groundwater districts succeed in slowing depletion rates.
- Subjects
WEST Texas; TEXAS; GROUNDWATER management; COMMUNAL natural resources; WATER conservation; COOPERATIVE management of natural resources; OGALLALA Aquifer; MANAGEMENT
- Publication
Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 1997, Vol 27, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0048-5950
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a029887