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Andean Waterways: Resource Politics in Highland Peru

By Mattias Borg Rasmussen

Book information

Publisher
University of Washington Press
Year
2015
ISBN
0295994819, 9780295994819
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2019536 bytes)
Series
Culture, Place, and Nature
Pages
232\244
Time added
2017-02-01 18:23:59
Environmental Economics;Economics;Business & Money

Description

Andean Waterways explores the politics of natural resource use in the Peruvian Andes in the context of climate change and neoliberal expansion. It does so through careful ethnographic analysis of the constitution of waterways, illustrating how water becomes entangled in a variety of political, social, and cultural concerns. Set in the highland town of Recuay in Ancash, the book traces the ways in which water affects political and ecological relations as glaciers recede. By looking at the shared waterways of four villages located in the foothills of Cordillera Blanca, it addresses pertinent questions concerning water governance and rural lives. This case study of water politics will be useful to anthropologists, resource managers, environmental policy makers, and other readers who are interested in the effects of environmental change on rural communities.

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