1st Edition
Transboundary Water Governance and International Actors in South Asia The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin
Introduction
Chapter 1: International actors in the resolution of transboundary water conflicts
Chapter 2: Legacies and challenges for water governance in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed
Chapter 3: The transboundary water governance agenda in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed *
Chapter 4: Why are international actors interested in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed?
Chapter 5: Normative claims of international actors
Chapter 6: From water conflict to water cooperation through the World Bank?
Chapter 7: Mixed reactions to foreign-led initiatives from riparian stakeholders
Chapter 8: Obstacles to positive water interaction in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed
Chapter 9: The small issue of the big brother; the effect of India’s hydro-hegemony
Chapter 10: Limitations of foreign-led approaches
Chapter 11: Structural challenges in the global system of foreign aid
Chapter 12: Insights for international actors in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed and beyond
Conclusions
Biography
Paula Hanasz has completed a PhD at the Australian National University, Australia. She consults on issues of defence, national security and non-traditional security threats.
"Paula Hanasz not only provides a very careful analysis of factors responsible for lack of effective cooperation in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin among the riparian countries, but also suggests some thoughtful ways forward. Anyone interested in transboundary water governance in South Asia will treasure this book." - Ashok Swain, Dept of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden
"...this is a must read for the students and scholars of development studies, environment, sustainability, social sciences, humanities and geography across diverse disciplines." - Naresh Kumar, Loal Environment (2018)
