Water Security, Justice and the Politics of Water Rights in Peru and Bolivia
The author scrutinizes the claim of policy-makers and experts that legal recognition of local water rights would reduce water conflict and increase water security and equality for peasant and indigenous water users. She analyzes two distinct ''top-down'' and ''bottom-up'' formalization policies in Peru and Bolivia - neoliberal the former, indigenist-socialist the latter. The policies have intended...
The author scrutinizes the claim of policy-makers and experts that legal recognition of local water rights would reduce water conflict and increase water security and equality for peasant and indigenous water users. She analyzes two distinct ''top-down'' and ''bottom-up'' formalization policies in Peru and Bolivia - neoliberal the former, indigenist-socialist the latter. The policies have intended...
