Dams as aid : a political anatomy of Nordic development thinking /

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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 il...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Usher, Ann Danaiya
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.
Colección:Routledge studies in development and society.
Temas:
Water resources development > Developing countries.
Dams > Environmental aspects > Developing countries.
Dams > Economic aspects > Developing countries.
Economic assistance, Scandinavian.
Aide économique scandinave.
Dams > Economic aspects
Dams > Environmental aspects
Economic assistance, Scandinavian
Water resources development
Developing countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; MAPS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Part I INTRODUCTION; 1 ABOUT THE BOOK, THE CONTRIBUTORS AND WHAT THIS BOOK IS NOT ABOUT; THREE PREMISES; A NORDIC CASE STUDY; WHAT THIS BOOK IS NOT ABOUT; REFERENCES; 2 REFLECTIONS ON POWER; I FALLS DAY (1985); II POWER (1987); III THE JOKKMOKK SCHOOL (1987); REFERENCES; Part II NORDIC DAMS; 3 MORATORIUM IN SWEDEN; THE IMPACTS OF SWEDISH DAMS; A BRIEF HISTORY; VINDEL: A NEW KIND OF POLITICS; THE RIVER SAVERS; 4 THE DAMS INSIDE; THE THREAT OF COLLAPSE; PORJUS: THE PROTOTYPE; THE SAMIS.
  • DESCENDANTS OF THE PIONEERSPERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE LOSSES; THE POST-INDUSTRIAL HANGOVER; 5 THE LAST BIG DAM IN NORWAY; THE SAMIS OF NORWAY; THE FIRST PHASE OF RESISTANCE; CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE VERSUS STATE POWER; THE IMPACTS OF ALTA; LESSONS FROM THE STRUGGLE; ECHOES FROM THE PAST: RESISTANCE TO FASCISM AND DAMS; EPILOGUE; REFERENCES; Part III NORDIC DAM BUILDERS IN THE SOUTH; 6 THE MECHANISM OF 'PERVASIVE APPRAISAL OPTIMISM'; 'PERVASIVE APPRAISAL OPTIMISM' DEFINED; THE DISCOURSE; THE PLAYERS; CONSULTANTS: THE GREY ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IN THEORY AND PRACTICE; SIDA'S EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
  • The limits of environmental impact assessmentacknowledgements; references; 9 pangani power struggle; nordic contracts for pangani; traditional irrigation in the basin: the consultants' observations; uncertainties about water availability; 'internal political matters'; the donors' hard line; references; 10 kvaerner's game; switching sides; see no ralco, speak no ralco; swedish environmental rubber stamp; securing norwegian interests; how to get around oecd regulations; managing the fallout; winners and losers; editor's note; references; 11 in defence of the biobío river; lifeblood of a region.
  • Pangue, ralco and the fate of the pehuencheon environmental aid; the recipient of nordic aid; chile's 'development'; to the heart of the beast and beyond; references; index.

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