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It's often claimed that future wars will be fought over water. But while international water conflict is rare, it's common between subnational jurisdictions like states and provinces. Drawing on cases in the United States, China, India, and France, this book explains why these subnational water conflicts occur - and how they can be prevented.
List of contents
- Preface
- Glossary
- Introduction: Subnational Hydropolitics
- Chapter 1. Deconstructing the State: Subnational Conflict and Cooperation over Water
- Chapter 2. Constrained Collective Action: Decentralization, Autonomy, and Institutionalized Cooperation in Shared River Basins
- Chapter 3. Dynamics of Hydropolitics: Sustaining Conflict and Catalyzing Cooperation over Water
- Chapter 4. Institutional Diversity and Inter-State Hydropolitics in the United States of America
- Chapter 5. Ethno-Linguistic Cleavages and Inter-State River Disputes in the Union of India
- Chapter 6. Central Control, Localized Interests, and Inter-Provincial Conflict in the People's Republic of China
- Chapter 7. Elites, Civil Society, and Inclusive Institution-Building in the Republic of France
- Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
- Glossary
- Bibliography
About the author
Scott Moore is a scholar and policymaker focused on environmental issues, especially water resources, climate change, and oceans. His research and commentary on these issues has appeared in Nature, Foreign Affairs, and The New York Times. His work experience includes the U.S. State Department, where he led U.S. - China cooperation on climate change and ocean conservation, and the World Bank, where he led water sector institutional reform and financing projects as a Young Professional. He holds an undergraduate degree from Princeton, and a master's and doctoral degrees from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He currently serves as a Senior Fellow of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania.
Summary
It's often claimed that future wars will be fought over water. But while international water conflict is rare, it's common between subnational jurisdictions like states and provinces. Drawing on cases in the United States, China, India, and France, this book explains why these subnational water conflicts occur - and how they can be prevented.
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This is an original and insightful contribution to our understanding of the politics and financing of water. Dr. Moores research demands to be read by the broadest possible range of development practitioners and scholars.
