Routledge Water, Power and Identity: Routledge Andes Water Politics Book

Explore the complex relationship between local water management and global policy-making in this academic study. Water, Power and Identity: The Cultural Politics of Water in the Andes examines how grassroots communities manage resources while navigating conflicts with national institutions and elites. Part of the Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management series, this book looks at how local groups defend against encroachment and challenge State and market-based governance models. Readers will gain insight into how communities confront coercive boundary policing and question standard water management practices. The text provides a deep look at the building of multi-layered water-rights territories and the efforts made by State, market, and expert networks to maintain control. This book is an essential resource for those studying political ecology, natural resource management, and the social sciences within the Andean context.