Chapter
2:
Concept
note
2.3
A
framework
for
analysing
institutional
and
political
contexts
of
water
resources
management
projects
(IRS,
2012)
According
to
the
framework
developed
by
IRS
(2012),
water
conflicts
analysis
should
contain
four
stages
in
an
iterative
process.
The
depth
of
the
analysis
depends
upon
the
purpose
of
the
research,
but
should
start
with
an
analysis
of
stories
people
tell,
in
order
to
reconstruct
their
perception
regarding
the
problems
and
possible
solutions.
From
these
stories
the
location
of
the
problem
can
be
defined
and
the
actors
that
have
a
leading
role
in
these
problems
can
be
identified.
In
the
following
step,
an
inventory
is
made
of
possible
institutional
solutions.
In
the
final
phase,
the
practical
steps
of
transforming
the
problem
into
the
desired
situation
are
defined
and
analysed.
The
following
section
outlines
the
general
analytical
framework
of
the
IRS
framework
(see
Fig.
2.4).
Stage
1:
Water
Storylines
describes
a
means
of
researching
problems
and
solutions
in
water
resources
management
from
stakeholders’
perspectives.
This
inductive
approach
fixes
the
researchers’
gaze
directly
on
what
actors
think
and
do
in
relation
to
water
resources