Abstract
Collective action problems are linked together when the outcomes of one collective action situation affect the working components of another. In San Diego, California, solutions to the collective action dilemmas of water provisioning, conservation, and wastewater were found to have influenced each other between 1990 and 2010. Building upon a database of water management-related action situation outcomes, developed from archival documents and interviews with water managers, environmental groups, and other participants, we used McGinnis’ Network of Adjacent Action Situations framework and the Politicized IAD framework to analyze how the emergence of different problem frames affected linkages between these three collective action problems. Our research shows that newly introduced frames for thinking about these water management challenges as interconnected contributed to the progressive emergence of new governance strategies by different groups of actors.
Highlights
In San Diego, California recurrent climactic shocks and policy surprises since 1990 have shaped water arrangements and challenged how the region organizes resources to meet regional water demand, conserve water, and provide wastewater services to 3 million residents
The analysis focuses on the evolution of water management governance in San Diego, California between 1990 and 2010 as it relates to water provisioning, water conservation, and wastewater treatment
In San Diego, the emergence of new problem frames related to water management contributed to the formation of collective identities, facilitated shared understandings, affected the strategic interactions of actors, and introduced new policy choices to deal with the problems of water provisioning, conservation, and wastewater
Summary
In San Diego, California recurrent climactic shocks and policy surprises since 1990 have shaped water arrangements and challenged how the region organizes resources to meet regional water demand, conserve water, and provide wastewater services to 3 million residents. The problem frames articulated by stakeholders trapped in a collective action dilemma are a starting point for an IAD analysis focused on the effects of the interactions between culture, interpretation, politics, and those factors that are traditionally considered in the framework (e.g., community context, rules, institutional structures). In introducing his Network of Adjacent Action Situations (NAAS) framework, McGinnis proposes two potential processes through which problem frames influence action situation outcomes, generating adjacencies (McGinnis, 2011b).
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