A Theoretical Walk through the Political Economy of Urban Water Resource Management

摘要: The political economy of urban water management demands the interrogation a highly socialised and engineered space. Many approaches are available to researcher, yet they often based on their own claims concerning nature society space, which contradictory incommensurate with next. This makes synthesis theory problematic, suggesting an ‘either/or’ decision researcher. paper provides critical genealogy theoretical framework through may be discussed. It employs realist philosophy, mapping each approach its respective ontological epistemic grounding. A metaphorical ‘walk’ is then taken across resulting map in order provide coherent logical survey theory. Finally, realism employed argue that struggles synthesise rooted competing claims. Critical particular Bob Jessop’s Strategic Relational Approach assessed as means reconciling tensions uncovered during walk.