Regulating Water and War in Iraq: A Dangerous Dark Side of New Governance

摘要: In the legal scholarship, ‘new governance’ mode of governance advances an administrative arrangement where decision-making is shared amongst a range actors, both public and private. The flexible, responsive, collaborative orientation intended to counter ill effects coercive, top-down, state-centric, command-and-control approach governance. Critics contend new framework can displace interests local communities, disempower individuals, dislodge basic human rights. U.S. military has adopted such adaptive in its own structure, which this article referred as: “mentality.” This mentality was employed U.S.’s post-conflict reconstruction efforts Iraq—efforts that were plagued by waste, inefficiency, corruption. Governance scholars have yet ask question what models should apply post conflict situation environmental violence war poisoned waterscapes degraded landscapes. Should be applied situations institutions are weak beset corruption? What role state private actors when over period begins? article, we explore dark side through case study Iraq theatre examine how transformed culture shaped 2003–2013 Coalition operations effort—in particular, provision safe, clean drinking water communities.