Theoretical Framework

Geerten J.I. Schrama

doi:10.1007/978-94-011-5106-1_2

Theoretical Framework

Geerten J.I. Schrama

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The theoretical relevance of this study concerns the operation of intermediary organizations at the regional or local level in the implementation of national and European policies. In this chapter the theoretical framework is presented, which draws in general on the policy network approach. ‘Control capacity’ is the central concept of this research project. It concerns the water supply sector and its in relation to the protection of drinking water resources from agricultural pollution. Control capacity is the capability of influencing social processes, in this case the behavior of a particular group of farmers. the concept of control capacity is constituted by three aspects: (1) mission and orientation of the organizations involved, in this case the constituents of the water supply sector, with respect to the policy issue; (2) the available organizational resources and their willingness to apply them for the cause; and (3) the steering strategies chosen in the application of these resources. the mobilization of intermediaries and their control capacity runs parallel to direct attempts to influence the relevant social processes, which is represented in figure 2.1.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Drinking Water Supply and Agricultural Pollution
Subtitle of host publication	Preventive Action by the Water Supply Sector in the European Union and the United States
Editors	Geerten J.I. Schrama
Place of Publication	Dordrecht/Boston/London
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Pages	19-42
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	978-94-011-5106-1
ISBN (Print)	978-94-010-6145-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5106-1_2
Publication status	Published - 1998

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Name	Environment & Policy
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Volume	11
ISSN (Print)	1383-5130

Keywords

Policy instruments
Organizational resource
Policy community
Policy network
Control capacity

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Drinking water supply and agricultural pollution: Preventive action by the water supply sector in the European Union and the United States
Schrama, G. J. I., 1998, Dordrecht/Boston/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 386 p. (Environment & Policy; vol. 11)
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Theoretical Framework. / Schrama, Geerten J.I.
Drinking Water Supply and Agricultural Pollution: Preventive Action by the Water Supply Sector in the European Union and the United States. ed. / Geerten J.I. Schrama. Dordrecht/Boston/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998. p. 19-42 (Environment & Policy; Vol. 11).

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