Keywords
international influence
public policy
transborder governance
Mexico
How to Cite
Abstract
This article describes different international water governance structures that influence or are the context for Mexico’s water policy. By analyzing the main international water bodies, the author constructs four ideal-typical governance models: global, transnational, multilateral, and bilateral-cross-border. His main finding is that the greatest international influence on Mexico’s water policy is its impact on the governmental agenda. This is due to the fact that, along with many other countries, Mexico has adopted different international commitments like the Millennium Development Goals, and now the Sustainable Development Goals, including strategies for climate change mitigation and comprehensive water resource management. This article contributes theoretical tenets for teaching and research on the issue of water governance, management, and policy. The conclusions cover the achievements of and the challenges for the four international governance structures and their influence on Mexico’s water policy.Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
Copyright Retention and License Grant:
Authors retain copyright of their work and grant the journal a non-exclusive right of first publication. The work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0), which permits others to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes, provided they give appropriate credit to the author and acknowledge the work’s initial publication in this journal.
Additional Distribution: Authors are free to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal’s published version of the work (e.g., posting to an institutional repository, publishing in a book, or other distribution), provided they acknowledge the work’s initial publication in this journal.
Pre- and Post-Publication Sharing: Authors are permitted and encouraged to share their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories, personal websites, or academic platforms) before, during, or after the submission process, as this can foster productive exchanges and increase the visibility and citation of the published work, subject to the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.