LEADER 04373nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910777652603321 005 20230617001149.0 010 $a1-281-31658-X 010 $a9786611316587 010 $a0-8135-3784-3 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813537849 035 $a(CKB)1000000000464983 035 $a(EBL)1021851 035 $a(OCoLC)228171102 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000192889 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11174761 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192889 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10216702 035 $a(PQKB)11537451 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1021851 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23297 035 $a(DE-B1597)529919 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813537849 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1021851 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10132096 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL131658 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000464983 100 $a20050215d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLiquid relations$b[electronic resource] $econtested water rights and legal complexity /$fedited by Dik Roth, Rutgerd Boelens, Margreet Zwarteveen 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. ;$aLondon $cRutgers University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (326 p.) 300 $aOriginated in "a panel on water rights and legal pluralism at the XIIIth International Congress on Folk Law and Legal Pluralism in Chang Mai, Thailand in 2002"--Acknowledgements. 311 $a0-8135-3674-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 269-291) and index. 327 $aLegal complexity in the analysis of water rights and water resources management / Rutgerd Boelens, Margreet Zwarteveen, and Dik Roth -- Prescribing gender equity? the case of the Tukucha Nala irrigation system, central Nepal / Prantia Bhushan Udas and Margreet Zwarteveen -- Defending indigenous water rights with the laws of adominant culture : the case of the United States / David H. Getches -- In the shadow of uniformity, Balinese irrigation management in apublic works irrigation system in Luwu, South Sulawesi, Indonesia / Dik Roth -- Anomalous water rights and the politics of normalization, collective water control and privatization policies in the Andean region / Rutgerd Boelens and Margreet Zwarteveen -- Complexities of water governance : rise and fall of groundwater for urban use / Amreeta Regmi -- Special law : recognition and denial of diversity in Andean water control / Rutgerd Boelens, Ingo Gentes, Armando Guevara Gil, and Patricia Urteaga -- A win-some lose-all game, social differentiation, and politics of groundwater markets in north Gujarat / Anjal Prakash and Vishwa Ballabh -- Redressing racial inequities through water law in South Africa : interaction and contest among legal frameworks / Barbara Van Koppen and Nitish Jha -- Routes to water rights / Bryan Bruns -- Analyzing water rights, multiple uses, and intersectoral water transfers / Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Rajendra Pradhan -- Water rights and legal pluralism : beyond analysis and recognition / Margreet Zwarteveen, Dik Roth, and Rutgerd Boelens. 330 $aWater management plays an increasingly critical role in national and international policy agendas. Growing scarcity, overuse, and pollution, combined with burgeoning demand, have made socio-political and economic conflicts almost unavoidable. Proposals to address water shortages are usually based on two key assumptions: (1) water is a commodity that can be bought and sold and (2) "states," or other centralized entities, should control access to water.