Kamerun’da su yönetişimi: Kolonyal miras, aktörler ve yönetim modelleri

Öz

Bu çalışma, Kamerun'da içme suyu yönetişimini kolonyal miras, politika araçları ve aktörler arası ilişkiler ekseninde ele almayı amaçlamaktadır. Yapılandırmacı bir epistemolojik temele dayanan çalışmada politika araçları analizi ile aktör-ağ teorisi birlikte kullanılmış; su yönetişimi hem araçsal hem de ilişkisel boyutlarıyla incelenmiştir. Bulgular, Kamerun'da su yönetişiminin kamu temelli, piyasa odaklı ve topluluk temelli modellerin eş zamanlı işlediği hibrit bir yapı sergilediğini; ancak bu hibritliğin uyumlu bir bütünlükten ziyade farklı aktörlerin çıkarları arasında süregelen gerilimler üzerinden şekillendiğini göstermektedir. Sömürge döneminden miras kalan kurumsal mantıkların neoliberal reformlar aracılığıyla yeniden üretildiği; bu süreçte tarifelendirme, sözleşmeler ve kamu-özel ortaklıkları gibi politika araçlarının suya erişimi belirleyen ve toplumsal eşitsizlikleri yapılandıran mekanizmalara dönüştüğü görülmektedir. Bu nedenle çalışma, su yönetişiminin teknik bir hizmet sunumu meselesi olmaktan ziyade, güç, eşitlik ve adalet ilişkilerinin üretildiği ve yeniden şekillendiği sosyo-politik bir alan olarak işlediğini ortaya koymaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• su yönetişimi
• sömürgecilik
• Kamerun
• aktör-ağ teorisi
• hibrit yönetişim

Destekleyen Kurum

Bu çalışma herhangi bir kurum veya proje tarafından desteklenmemiştir.

Proje Numarası

Yok

Etik Beyan

Bu çalışma için etik kurul izni gerekmemektedir. Çalışmada araştırma ve yayın etiğine uyulmuştur.

Teşekkür

Teşekkür beyanı bulunmamaktadır.

Water governance in Cameroon: Colonial legacy, actors, and management models

Öz

This study aims to examine water governance in Cameroon through the axes of colonial legacy, policy instruments, and relations among actors. Drawing on a constructivist epistemological foundation, the study employs policy instrument analysis and actor-network theory together, examining water governance across both its instrumental and relational dimensions. The findings reveal that water governance in Cameroon exhibits a hybrid structure in which public-based, market-oriented, and community-based models operate simultaneously; however, this hybridity reflects not a coherent whole but rather a contested field shaped by ongoing tensions among the competing interests of different actors. It is observed that institutional logics inherited from the colonial period are reproduced through neoliberal reforms, and that in this process, policy instruments such as pricing systems, contracts, and public-private partnerships have transformed into mechanisms that determine access to water and structure social inequalities. The study therefore demonstrates that water governance operates not merely as a matter of technical service delivery but as a socio-political field in which relations of power, equity, and justice are produced and continuously reshaped.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• water governance
• colonialism
• Cameroon
• actor-network theory
• hybrid governance

Destekleyen Kurum

This study did not receive any financial support from any institution or project.

Proje Numarası

Yok

Etik Beyan

Ethical approval was not required for this study. The study complies with research and publication ethics.

Teşekkür

No acknowledgements.

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