Water and Rural Communities

Name: Water and Rural Communities
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Local Politics, Meaning and Place

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Hardback

Series:

Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

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The overall theme of this book concerns the multiplicity and complexities of discursive constructions of water in Western economies in relation to irrigation communities. The authors argue that the politics of place is given meaning in relation to local knowledges and within multiple and multiscalar institutional frameworks involved with the social, physical, economic and political practices associated with water. They are particularly concerned with water at the local level, including how it is exchanged, managed and given meaning. Using case studies from Australia and the United States of America, it is shown how water use and community relations, particularly during times of drought, are central to developing understandings about how communities challenge, adapt and respond to policy developments. The book also brings to light how unequal distribution of resources and risk conspicuously come to the surface during times of drought illustrating that water is a political subject occupying a unique position, moving between the natural and social worlds.

Author Biography:

Lia Bryant is an Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Social Change in the School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia. Jodie George is a Researcher and Lecturer in the School of Communication, International Studies and Languages, University of South Australia.

Release date Australia

August 19th, 2016

Author

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Illustrations

2 Line drawings, black and white; 6 Halftones, black and white; 8 Illustrations, black and white

Pages

162

Series

Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

Dimensions

156x234x15

ISBN-13

9780415723589

Product ID

24037845

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