Interest Groups, Water Politics and Governance

The Case of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-319-21129-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 83 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 171 g

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meissner, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Wasserwirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments.- Introduction.- Interest Groups.- The Orange-Senqu River.- Everyday Agency and the Lesotho Highland Water Project.- References.