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The Politics of Water Institutional Reform in Neo-Patrimonial States

A Comparative Analysis of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

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  1. Jenniver Sehring
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  • A Comparative Analysis of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

Part of the book series: Politik in Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika (POA)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-16
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 17-20

  3. Water Governance and Water Institutional Reform

    Pages 21-29

  4. Theoretical Framework: New Institutionalism

    Pages 31-43

  5. Analytical framework

    Pages 45-55

  6. Comparative Research Design

    Pages 57-104

  7. Water Institutional Reforms in Kyrgyzstan

    Pages 105-150

  8. Water Institutional Reforms in Tajikistan

    Pages 151-184

  9. Comparing the Politics of Water Institutional Reform

    Pages 185-211

  10. Conclusion

    Pages 213-215

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 217-232
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About this book

“There is more than enough water in the world for domestic purposes, for agriculture and for industry. (…) In short, scarcity is manufactured through political processes and institutions (…). ” (United Nations Human Development Report 2006: 3) Water scarcity, water crisis, water wars – since the beginning of the 1990s these terms have appeared again and again in scientific debates, political strategies, and media reports. Water is perceived as a scarce resource that needs efficient management in order to satisfy all needs and to prevent violent conflicts over its distribution. Considerable research has been devoted to this topic. In this research, water is commonly referred to as a common pool resource: a n- excludable public good with rivalry in terms of consumption. Hence, research has long focused on collective action problems in managing this common pool resource (e. g. Ostrom 1990, 1992). In recent years, anthropological and sociological scholars in particular have criticized that in these studies the complexity of water, its embeddedness in a wider cultural and social c- text, and the role of power have been neglected. Water is different from other natural - sources in some important aspects: its mobility, its variability, and its multiplicity (Mehta 2006: 2f; Linton 2006: [10]). Mobility makes ownership claims difficult: Water moves, transcending state borders, not fixed like other resources. Variability refers to the fact that its availability varies temporarily, depending on weather conditions.

About the author

Jenniver Sehring is assistant professor at the Department of Comparative Politics at the University of Wuerzburg, Germany.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Politics of Water Institutional Reform in Neo-Patrimonial States

  • Book Subtitle: A Comparative Analysis of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

  • Authors: Jenniver Sehring

  • Series Title: Politik in Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-91377-3

  • Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-531-16508-0Published: 25 November 2008

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-531-91377-3Published: 30 January 2009

  • Series ISSN: 2627-4302

  • Series E-ISSN: 2627-4310

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 216

  • Topics: Political Science, Comparative Politics

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