University of Tehran Iranian Journal of Public Policy 2538-5577 1 3 2015 08 23 Investigation of Policy Structure in Legal Authorities of Institutions Related to Water Policy Making and Management Investigation of Policy Structure in Legal Authorities of Institutions Related to Water Policy Making and Management 121 138 57682 10.22059/ppolicy.2015.57682 FA Hanane Mohammadi Kangarani Associate Prof. in Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Hormozgan University Sima Rafsanjani Nezhad MSc. of public policy, University of Tehran Journal Article 2016 06 13 The Codified development documents of Iran indicate that the planned objectives in water section have not been successfully operated. Therefore, the present research has tried to find the basic reasons of such failure. The study explored the power structure in legal network of formal institutions connected with water management in the framework of "New Institutionalism Theory". Network of legal authorities of formal institutions related to water resources in national level was delineated with "Network Analysis" through UCINET and Netdraw Softwares. The results show that there is no good power distribution among water section institutions and no firm relationship among administrative and authoritative institutions in this section. The Codified development documents of Iran indicate that the planned objectives in water section have not been successfully operated. Therefore, the present research has tried to find the basic reasons of such failure. The study explored the power structure in legal network of formal institutions connected with water management in the framework of "New Institutionalism Theory". Network of legal authorities of formal institutions related to water resources in national level was delineated with "Network Analysis" through UCINET and Netdraw Softwares. The results show that there is no good power distribution among water section institutions and no firm relationship among administrative and authoritative institutions in this section. Water management power structure New Institutionalism Theory network analysis Public Policy https://jppolicy.ut.ac.ir/article_57682_475455adf03d267391892ec97f93e010.pdf