The Field of Water Policy
Power and Scarcity in the American Southwest
1st Edition
Published on 9. December 2019
Book
Hardback
246 pages
978-0-367-19259-4 (ISBN)
Description
Bringing together the analysis of a diverse team of social scientists, this book proposes a new approach to environmental problems. Cutting through the fragmented perspectives on water crises, it seeks to shift the analytic perspectives on water policy by looking at the social logics behind environmental issues. Most importantly, it analyzes the dynamic influences on water management, as well as the social and institutional forces that orient water and conservation policies. The first work of its kind, The Field of Water Policy: Power and Scarcity in the American Southwest brings the tools of Pierre 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, a region that allows us to see the contest over the management of scarce resources in a context of lasting drought. As such, it will appeal to scholars in the social and political sciences with interests in the environment and the management of natural resources.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
17 s/w Abbildungen, 17 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 9 s/w Tabellen
9 Tables, black and white; 17 Halftones, black and white; 17 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-19259-4 (9780367192594)
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Power and Scarcity in the American Southwest
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Franck Poupeau | Brian O'Neill | Joan Cortinas Munoz
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Power and Scarcity in the American Southwest
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12/2019
1st Edition
Routledge
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Persons
Franck Poupeau is Director of Research at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and he has been the co-director of the joint international unit for Interdisciplinary and Global Environmental Studies (UMI iGLOBES, CNRS/University of Arizona) from 2012 to 2017. He is the co-editor of several books on water policy: Water Bankruptcy in the Land of Plenty (2016), Water Regimes: Beyond the Public and Private Sector Debate (2016), Water Conflicts and Hydrocracy in the Americas: Coalitions, Networks, Policies (2018).
Brian F. O'Neill is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, and at the Center for Research and Documentation on the Americas (CREDA, CNRS/Universite Paris III La Sorbonne Nouvelle).
Joan Cortinas Munoz is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre de Sociologie des Organisations, Sciences Po Paris, France. Previously, he worked at the UMI iGLOBES, CNRS/University of Arizona.
Murielle Coeurdray is a postdoctoral researcher at the UMI iGLOBES, CNRS/University of Arizona.
Eliza Benites-Gambirazio is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Arizona, USA, and at the Center for Research and Documentation on the Americas (CREDA, CNRS/Universite Paris III La Sorbonne Nouvelle).
Brian F. O'Neill is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, and at the Center for Research and Documentation on the Americas (CREDA, CNRS/Universite Paris III La Sorbonne Nouvelle).
Joan Cortinas Munoz is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre de Sociologie des Organisations, Sciences Po Paris, France. Previously, he worked at the UMI iGLOBES, CNRS/University of Arizona.
Murielle Coeurdray is a postdoctoral researcher at the UMI iGLOBES, CNRS/University of Arizona.
Eliza Benites-Gambirazio is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Arizona, USA, and at the Center for Research and Documentation on the Americas (CREDA, CNRS/Universite Paris III La Sorbonne Nouvelle).
Content
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