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Whilst it may be true to say that "to a certain extent, all regions are imagined", the Mekong 'region' is increasingly becoming a reality.
This research is exploring the practice and potential of deliberative processes to improve transnational water governance in the region which is is taken to encompass the territory, ecosystems, people, economies and politics of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and two provinces in southern China.
Particular attention is paid to the roles of Mekong River Commission, Asian Development Bank, The World Bank, The World Conservation Union (IUCN), and the M-POWER governance network by process-tracing their involvements in recent water politics.
The purpose of this thesis is two-fold. First, devise and demonstrate the application of a normative and explanatory framework which aids an understanding of regional governance, in this case, of water in the Mekong Region. Second, contribute to the improvement of governance in the region by providing a critical political analysis of an inter-related set of significant water and water-related governance processes.
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