Delegating to Deflect? Exploring Political Decoupling and Public Attention in Water Utility Governance

• In Event: Air, Water, and Sanitation: The Politics of Collective Environmental Goods

Brief Overview

Through the political decoupling theoretical lens, this study investigates if delegating water utility services to third parties, such as private companies, impacts public attention on elected officials and the city government.

Authors

• Jesse Barnes, University of Nevada-Reno

• Elizabeth Ann Koebele, University of Nevada-Reno

• Aaron Deslatte, Indiana University-Bloomington