Dams as Aid

A political anatomy of Nordic development thinking

AvAnne Usher,Ann Danaiya Usher

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

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Beskrivning

Dams As Aid brings together key issues in the aid/environment/development debate. Through her examination of dams, Usher sheds light on wider issues of the political economy of aid.Detailed analysis of dams and aid case studies are included, particularly on Nordic dams which provide most graphic illustrations, and these detailed case studies are located within a broad comparative and theoretical perspective.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-08-21
Mått:156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt:385 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Studies in Development and Society
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415154642

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B'Ann Danaiya Usher has carried out something that, in many different ways, is a pioneering work. - Forests, Trees and People'It is extremely valuable to find all this published in hard covers' - W. M. Adams, Department of Geography, Cambridge University, Development and Change

Innehållsförteckning

Part I Introduction 1 ABOUT THE BOOK, THE CONTRIBUTORS AND WHAT THIS BOOK IS NOT ABOUT 2 REFLECTIONS ON POWER: THREE SCENES FROM THE END OF AN ERA Part II Nordic dams 3 MORATORIUM IN SWEDEN: AN ACCOUNT OF THE DAMS DEBATE 4 THE DAMS INSIDE 5 THE LAST BIG DAM IN NORWAY: WHOSE VICTORY? Part III Nordic dam builders in the south 6 THE MECHANISM OF ‘PERVASIVE APPRAISAL OPTIMISM' Laos 7 VATTENFALL ABROAD: DAMMING THE THEUN RIVER Tanzania 8 PANGANI DAM VERSUS THE PEOPLE 9 PANGANI POWER STRUGGLE: NORDIC DAM BUILDERS ON A TANZANIAN RIVER Chile 10 KVAERNER’S GAME 11 IN DEFENCE OF THE BIOBÍO RIVER