1st Edition

Identity, Conflict and Cooperation in International River Systems

By Jack Kalpakian Copyright 2004
222 Pages
by Routledge

221 Pages
by Routledge

221 Pages
by Routledge

Kalpakian tests the dominant assumption that water disputes cause violent conflict between states and other actors in world politics. Using case studies from arid regions to bias the effort towards this assumption, he finds that issues related to identity have been the real source of conflict in the river basins studied. This essential volume: - challenges conventional assumptions about water and... Read more
Contents: Introduction; The literature review; The Nile case study; The Tigris-Euphrates case study; The Indus case study; Implications for theory; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Biography

Jack Kalpakian