Out of the Mainstream: Water Rights, Politics and Identity

ISBN-13: 9781844076765 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 384 str.

Boelens, Rutgerd

Opis

Out of the Mainstream shows how indigenous peoples are actively contesting neoliberal globalization & water power plays. In so doing, they construct new, hyrid water rights systems, livelihoods, cultures & hydro-political networks, & challenge mainstream power politics.

Spis treści

Part 1: Water Rights, Power, Identity and Social Struggle. An Introduction  1. Introduction: Water Struggles and the Politics of Identity  2. Water Property Relations and Modern Policy Regimes: Neoliberal Utopia and the Disempowerment of Collective Action  3. The Limits of State Reform and Multiculturalism in Latin America. Contemporary Illustrations  4. A Masculine World: the Politics of Gender and Identity in Irrigation Expert Thinking  Part 2: Politics of Identity and Andean Livelihoods  5. Identity Politics and Indigenous Movements in Andean History  6. Cultural Identity and Indigenous Water Rights in the Andean Highlands  7. Land, Water and the Search for Sustainable Livelihood in the Andes  Part 3: Tensions and Mergers among Local Water Rights and National Policies  8. Water Laws, Collective Rights and System Diversity in the Andean Countries  9. Water Rights and Conflicts in an Inter-Andean Watershed. The Achamayo River Valley, Junin, Peru  10. Water Rights, Mining and Indigenous Groups in Chile's Atacama  11. Indian Water Rights in Conflict with State Water Rights: the Case of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe in Nevada, USA  12. Acequias of the Southwestern United States in Tension with State Water Laws  13. Community-controlled Codification of Local Resource Tenure: an Effective Tool for Defending Local Rights?  Part 4: Social Mobilization and Grassroots Strategies for Water Rights  14. Using International Norms in Indigenous Water Rights Struggles  15. Networking Strategies and Struggles for Water Control. From Water Wars to Mobilizations for Day-to-Day Water Rights Defence  16. Federating and Defending: Water, Territory and Extraction in the Andes  17. Water Rights, Power and Identity. Conclusions