The Power Politics of Water Struggles: Local Resource Management in the West Bank
| dc.contributor.advisor | Galvan, Dennis | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Mughal, Urooj | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-03T23:35:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-10-03T23:35:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-10-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis examines the significance of a micro-level approach to the Israeli-Palestinian water conflict. By rethinking scale of analysis and examining local insecurities, Palestinian experiences reveal how water conflict plays out in latent and discursive ways. In a step-by-step method, I detail the processes and outcomes of the water struggle in the West Bank. First, I show how technical challenges ((i) poor water supply, (ii) antiquated water infrastructure, (iii) failed institutions) are shaped by political imperatives. Second, I show how Palestinians have responded to local water sector challenges: (iv) nonpayment to the Palestinian Water Authority for their water supply, (v) increasing rural to urban migration by Palestinian farmers. As a result, Palestinian society is stuck in cycles of crisis that make the conditions increasingly ungovernable. While Palestinians are stuck in a mode of ungovernability, their position in the peace process with Israel is undermined. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/13305 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.rights | All Rights Reserved. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hydro-hegemony | en_US |
| dc.subject | Local | en_US |
| dc.subject | Palestine | en_US |
| dc.subject | Power | en_US |
| dc.subject | Scale | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water conflict | en_US |
| dc.title | The Power Politics of Water Struggles: Local Resource Management in the West Bank | en_US |
| dc.type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Department of International Studies | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Oregon | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | M.A. | en_US |
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