Watershed Politics and Climate Change in Peru

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Del i serien Anthropology, Culture and Society

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Beskrivning

This book travels to the heart of power, inequality and injustice in water politics. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Peru, Astrid B. Stensrud explores the impact of climate change and extractivist neoliberal policies – including Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), a global paradigm that views water as a finite resource in need of management.Engaging with the many different actors and entities participating in the constitution of the watershed – from engineers, bureaucrats and farmers, to mountains, springs and canals – Stensrud shines light on different yet entangled water practices and water worlds and how both the watershed and our understanding of water itself have changed.Challenging hegemonic understandings, the book moves beyond conventional perspectives of political ecology and political economy to achieve a decolonial perspective.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-07-20
Mått:135 x 215 x 23 mm
Vikt:357 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Anthropology, Culture and Society
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Pluto Press
ISBN:9780745340203

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Astrid B. Stensrud is Associate Professor at the Department of Global Development and Planning, University of Agder. She is the co-editor of Climate, Capitalism and Communities (Pluto, 2019) and a contributor to Waterworlds (Berghahn, 2016) and Identity Destabilised (Pluto, 2016).

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'This superb ethnography invites us to 'slow down' the assumption that water is either a resource or a vital force and attend to how its multiplicity implies a politics of entangled worldings. This book will change how you think about the politics of water!'

Innehållsförteckning

Maps and Figures List of Acronyms and Abbreviations List of Words in Quechua and Spanish Series Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Water and Watershed Politics 1. Engineering Water Flows2. Colonising the Desert 3. Water Payments 4. Water Uncertainties and Disasters 5. Water Efficiency 6. Legible and Illegible Water 7. Owning Water Conclusion: Water Multiplicity Notes Bibliography Index