Water law & policy : governance without frontiers / Elli Louka

Includes bibliographical references and index

Water governance -- Principles of water management -- The making of the European Union -- Water management in the European Union -- Implementing water management -- Coordination policies and politics -- Designing effective organizations -- Centralization/decentralization dilemmas -- How to predict success in water management -- Models of water policy -- Case studies : Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece -- Information as the foundation of the democratic state -- The participation of the public : towards effective rules in water management? -- Public participation and strengthening of the democratic state -- Public paticipation in practice -- Instruments for transboundary water management -- Nineteen countries-one river : trade-offs in the management of the Danube River -- Institutional congestion in the management of Rhine River -- Tepid institutional development in Southeast Europe -- Participation of stakeholders in international water commissions -- International water authorities and the role of secretariats -- Sketches from national and transnational experience -- Towards a future water policy