Water security, justice and the politics of water rights in Peru and Bolivia. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Miriam Seemann, Associate Researcher, German Institute of Global Area Studies (GIGA), Germany.
• Authors: Seemann, Miriam
• Contents: Foreword: Divergent Water Securities and the Politics of Formalization / Professor Rutgerd Boelens -- 1. Water Security, Formalization and Water Justice -- 2. Property Rights in Water Resources Management -- 3. Legal Pluralism and the Political Ecology of Water -- 4. Water Security and Equity for Peasant and Indigenous Communities in the Peruvian Highlands -- 5. The Formal Recognition of Local Water Rights in Peru -- 6. The Formal Recognition of Local Water Rights in Yanque, Colca Valley, Peru -- 7. Water Security and Equity for Peasant and Indigenous Communities in the Bolivian Highlands -- 8. The Formal Recognition of Local Water Rights in Bolivia -- 9. The Formal Recognition of Local Water Rights in Cochimita, Tiraque Valley, Bolivia -- 10. Conclusion -- The Politics of Water Rights Formalization and the Missing Ingredient of Water Security -- Glossary of Spanish and Quechua Terms -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 226 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 333.9/1/00984; Political science; Water-supply -- South America -- Management; Water-supply -- Peru -- Management; Water-supply -- Bolivia -- Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Real Estate / General; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water Supply; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American; Water-supply -- Management; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy; Business & Economics -- Economics -- General; Social Science -- General; Social Science -- Developing Countries; Political Science -- General; Environmental policy & protocols; Environmental economics; Cultural studies; Development studies; Political science & theory; Latin America-Politics and gover; Environmental policy; Natural resources; Ethnology-Latin America; Economic development; Politics & government; Bolivia; Peru; South America; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137545237; 1137545232; 9781349580446; 1349580449
• Related ISBNs: 9781137545220; 1137545224
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 19, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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