Over the last few decades processes of water governance have been characterized by a gradual evolution from “governance by unitary state” to “governance by partnerships.” However, there is limited understanding of how such shifts take place. The case of Bangalore's lakes is an interesting example of such a transition. In the past Bangalore's lakes have been governed by unitary state actors. But over time, this changed. Today a multiplicity of governance processes is associated with the lakes: state-dominated unitary-systems coexist with partnerships between state and nonstate actors. Therefore, in order to understand how governance by unitary state evolves into governance by partnerships, this article answers the following research question: “How did the governance of some of Bangalore's lakes evolve from a state-dominated, publicly governed model to one in which local communities have a much larger say?” Using data collected via semi-structured interviews and secondary research, this article argues that while processes of urbanization may indeed have contributed to changing the city's landscape, in more recent years, socio-political processes have contributed to governance transition: actor interactions and changing power dynamics interacted with processes of learning to bring about changes in mental models leading to change. This finding assumes significance in view of the fact there is limited research which demonstrates how these socio-scientific processes interact with each other for bringing about governance transition.

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使用权力、心智模型和学习分析班加罗尔水治理的演变

在过去的几十年里，水治理过程的特点是从“单一制国家治理”到“伙伴关系治理”逐渐演变。然而，人们对这种转变是如何发生的了解有限。班加罗尔的湖泊就是这种转变的一个有趣例子。过去，班加罗尔的湖泊由统一的国家行为者管理。但随着时间的推移，这种情况发生了变化。今天，湖泊与多种治理过程相关联：国家主导的单一系统与国家和非国家行为者之间的伙伴关系共存。因此，为了理解单一制国家的治理如何演变为合伙制的治理，本文回答了以下研究问题：“某些国家的治理是如何发展的？班加罗尔的湖泊从国家主导的公共治理模式演变为当地社区拥有更大发言权的模式？” 本文使用通过半结构化访谈和二次研究收集的数据，认为虽然城市化进程可能确实有助于改变城市景观，但近年来，社会政治进程有助于治理转型：行动者互动和权力变化动态与学习过程相互作用，导致心理模型的变化，从而导致变化。鉴于很少有研究表明这些社会科学过程如何相互作用以实现治理转型，因此这一发现具有重要意义。