Governing the Tap

Megan Mullin is a respected scholar with a reputation for doing high quality work. Governing the Tap displays her rigorous approach to water policy and governance in general. This book makes an important contribution to the study of local government and the policies that guide the world's most limited and endangered resource. A must-read!

Richard C. Feiock, Augustus B. Turnbull Professor of Public Administration, Askew School of Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University

A thoughtful assessment of specialized governance, this impressive study provides a nuanced evaluation of our system of fragmented local government through a rich and rigorous consideration of local water policy. Mullin demonstrates that problem context and institutional design have important implications for how local actors make complex policy choices. This book is a must-read for scholars and practitioners interested in the increasing governance challenges facing U.S. local governments.

Elisabeth Gerber, Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Governing the Tap offers many arguments essential to the continued study of special districts and their ability to meet evolving societal needs and policy challenges in local water governance and beyond. It should be read by many.

Perspectives on Politics

This is a really great book. It is one of the best books on governance and water that I have ever read.

Mark Lubell, Department of Political Science, University of California, Davis