Water, Power And Identity: The Cultural Politics Of Water In The Andes (Earthscan Studies In Water Resource Management)

This book addresses the complex conflicting relationship between communities managing water on the ground and national/global policy-making institutions and elites. Andean illustrations from Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile reveal how water justice struggles are political projects against indifference, and that engaging in re-distributive policies and defying 'truth politics, ' extends context-particular water rights definitions and governance forms.

• | Author: Rutgerd Boelens
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Apr 13, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 366 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0415719186
• | ISBN-13: 9780415719186