The Politics and Poetics of Water: The Naturalisation of Scarcity in Western IndiaThe book studies the relationship between large dams and water scarcity in Kutch. It argues that water scarcity is not merely natural, but is embedded in the social and power relations shaping water access, use and practices. Scarcity is portrayed as natural rather than human induced and this naturalisation of scarcity is beneficial to those who are powerful. This is a significant book in the light of the growing water crisis in India, and the world. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Water and Identity in Kutch 30 | 57 |
Overview Social Difference and Tenure Arrangements | 101 |
Water Local Cosmologies and Difference | 137 |
Living with Scarcity and Uncertainty | 179 |
Manufacturing Popular Perceptions of Scarcity | 238 |
Dryland Blindness of Planners | 276 |
Conclusions and Implications | 317 |
Appendix II | 344 |
Appendix III | 347 |
Appendix IV | 348 |
Appendix V | 350 |
Appendix VI | 351 |
Glossary | 358 |
| 363 | |
| 385 | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Politics and Poetics of Water: The Naturalisation of Scarcity in Western India |
| Author | Lyla Mehta |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Orient Blackswan, 2005 |
| ISBN | 8125028692, 9788125028697 |
| Length | 396 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Real Estate / General |
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