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The politics of water in Africa : norms, environmental regions and transboundary cooperation in the Orange-Senuqu and Nile Rivers /

Water resources and related issues are of great significance in 21st century politics. In Africa, for example, hydropolitics affect politics and policymaking at the local, national, and international levels. To investigate water politics, this unique work focuses on the issue transboundary water gov...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jacobs, Inga M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Continuum, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Water resources and related issues are of great significance in 21st century politics. In Africa, for example, hydropolitics affect politics and policymaking at the local, national, and international levels. To investigate water politics, this unique work focuses on the issue transboundary water governance in Southern and Eastern Africa. Based on extensive field research, it offers a comparative study of the Orange Senqu and Nile basins in Africa, arguing that both causal and behavioral factors (such as localization and trust building) drive the multi-leveled development of cooperative management norms and foster the creation of regional communities of interest. The book combines theory, analysis, and fieldwork within the framework of Constructivism as well as a wide range of examples to identify and analyze the nature of norms in hydropolitics. By doing so, it will help shape the debate on how water conflict and cooperative governance should evolve and will interest anyone studying African politics, hydropolitics, and issues of development.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 242 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-235) index.
ISBN:9781441194213
1441194215
1283735830
9781283735834
9781501301247
1501301241
9781628922905
1628922907