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Interest Groups, Water Politics and Governance electronic resource The Case of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project / by Richard Meissner.

By: Meissner, Richard [author.]Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service)Material type: TextTextSeries: SpringerBriefs in Environmental SciencePublication details: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015Description: VIII, 83 p. 2 illus. in color. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319211305Subject(s): Political science | Environmental management | Political theory | International relations | Sustainable development | Environmental economics | Political Science and International Relations | International Relations | Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management | Environmental Economics | Political Theory | Sustainable DevelopmentDDC classification: 327 LOC classification: JZ2-6530Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Interest Groups -- The Orange-Senqu River -- Everyday Agency and the Lesotho Highland Water Project -- References.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: The book investigates the role interest groups have played over the years to influence the governments of Lesotho and South Africa, the World Bank and project implementation authorities in changing some policy aspects of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP). Some of the issues being agitated by the interest groups are the resettlement of villagers where some of the dams for the projects are being constructed. The author argues that interest groups and individuals have the ability to influence the above-mentioned institutions and to such an extent that water politics and governance is not the domain of state institutions only.
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Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Interest Groups -- The Orange-Senqu River -- Everyday Agency and the Lesotho Highland Water Project -- References.

The book investigates the role interest groups have played over the years to influence the governments of Lesotho and South Africa, the World Bank and project implementation authorities in changing some policy aspects of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP). Some of the issues being agitated by the interest groups are the resettlement of villagers where some of the dams for the projects are being constructed. The author argues that interest groups and individuals have the ability to influence the above-mentioned institutions and to such an extent that water politics and governance is not the domain of state institutions only.

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