Challenges in Swedish hydropower - politics, economics and rights

Two systems working in parallel have contributed to implementation difficulties in Swedish
water governance. While the old system is designed to be predictable and stable over time,
the new system is intended to be transparent and holistic, guided by the principles of
Integrated Water Resource Management. The paper disentangles the challenges in
Swedish water governance and proposes a blueprint for future research. The proposed
research project is unique in the sense that it explores the imbalances between the new
and the old water governance systems from a multi-disciplinary perspective, elaborating
upon the clashes between the traditional, nationally based regulatory system and the new
holistic water governance system from legal, political and economic perspectives.