The Field of Water Policy: Power and Scarcity in the American Southwest

ISBN-13: 9780367192594 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 246 str.

Franck Poupeau; Brian F. O'Neill; Joan Cortinas Munoz

Opis

This book offers a new approach to environmental problems. Bringing the tools of Bourdieu’s field sociology to bear on a moment of environmental crisis with a study of the logics of water policy in the American Southwest, it reveals the contest over the management of scarce resources in a context of lasting drought.

Spis treści

Introduction – A Sociological Perspective on Water Policy  1. Engineering Arid Spaces: The Emergence of Western Hydrocracies  2. Supporting the Economic Order: Urban Sprawl and Coalitions for Growth  3. Reinventing Water Conservation: Institutions for Sustainability  4. Sharing Flows: New Professionals with Old Methods  5. Implementing Water Policy: Instruments and their Social Uses in the Colorado River Basin  Conclusion – Dealing with Scarcity  Annex #1 – Revisiting the Laws of the River  Annex #2 – Statistical Analysis