The norms, environmental regions and transboundary cooperation in the Orange-Senuqu and Nile Rivers Jacobs, Inga M. creator text enk New York, London New York Bloomsbury c2012 2012 monographic eng

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xvii, 242 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Water resources and related issues are of great significance in 21st century politics. In Africa, for example, hydropolitics affect politics and policymaking at the local, national, and international levels. To investigate water politics, this unique work focuses on the issue transboundary water governance in Southern and Eastern Africa. Based on extensive field research, it offers a comparative study of the Orange Senqu and Nile basins in Africa, arguing that both causal and behavioral factors (such as localization and trust building) drive the multi-leveled development of cooperative management norms and foster the creation of regional communities of interest. The book combines theory, analysis, and fieldwork within the framework of Constructivism as well as a wide range of examples to identify and analyze the nature of norms in hydropolitics. By doing so, it will help shape the debate on how water conflict and cooperative governance should evolve and will interest anyone studying African politics, hydropolitics, and issues of development-- Introduction--1. Constructing Complexity and Soft Power in Transboundary Water Governance--2. Multi-level Water Governance: Factors, Actors, Process--3. The Orange-Senqu River Basin and the Importance of the Past--4. The Nile River Basin and a Changing Landscape--5. Comparison of Multi-level Water Governance in Southern and East Africa--6. Scaling out to Environmental Politics: Lessons learned from Water--7. Water as a tool for Regional Integration and Policy Implications--Conclusion. Exploring New Frontiers in Transboundary Water Governance. Inga M. Jacobs ; [foreword by Anthony Turton]. Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-235) index. Water-supply Political aspects Africa International cooperation Case studies Water-supply Government policy Africa International cooperation Case studies Water-supply Political aspects Orange River Watershed International cooperation Water-supply Political aspects Nile River Watershed International cooperation Water-supply Government policy Orange River Watershed International cooperation TD315 .J33 2012 AFR 333.9109 Jac 2012 9781628922905 (pbk.) 1441149821 (hbk.) 9781441194213 (PDF ebook) 1441194215 (PDF ebook) 9781441149688 (ePub ebook) 1441149686 (ePub ebook) 2012472590 LCI 221119 20250509115153.0 17581807