LEADER 02415oam 22004454a 450 001 9910595425703321 005 20221003045951.0 010 $a0-295-75044-8 035 $a(CKB)4950000000729571 035 $a(OCoLC)1290245845 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_103144 035 $a(EXLCZ)994950000000729571 100 $a20211018d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGoverning Water in India : $eInequality, Reform, and the State / $fLeela Fernandes, University of Washington Press 210 1$aSeattle :$cUniversity of Washington Press,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ[2022] 215 $a1 online resource 311 $a0-295-75042-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"Intensifying droughts and competing pressures on water resources foreground water scarcity as an urgent concern of the global climate change crisis. In India, individual, industrial, and agricultural water demands exacerbate inequities of access and expose the failures of state governance to regulate use. State policies and institutions influenced by global models of reform produce and magnify socio-economic injustice in this "water bureaucracy." Drawing on historical records, an analysis of post-liberalization developments, and fieldwork in the city of Chennai, Leela Fernandes traces the configuration of colonial historical legacies, developmental-state policies, and economic reforms that strain water resources and intensify inequality. While reforms of water governance promote privatization and decentralization, they strengthen the state centralized control over water through city-based development models. Understanding the political economy of water thus illuminates the consequent failures of the state within countries of the Global South"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aEquality$zIndia 606 $aEconomics$zIndia 606 $aWater-supply$xGovernment policy$zIndia 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEquality 615 0$aEconomics 615 0$aWater-supply$xGovernment policy 676 $a333.9100954 700 $aFernandes$b Leela$01157386 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910595425703321 996 $aGoverning Water in India$92958143 997 $aUNINA