Searching for equity: conceptions of justice and equity in peasant irrigation.
Year: 1998
Type: book
Abstract: The theme: water management and social justice Water is life, water is power, water is social struggle. In a world of growing scarcity and increasing inequality between the water haves and have-nots, the issues of equitable water distribution and appropriate water management are likely to become two of the most urgent issues in the 21 century. In the field of irrigation, it is especially peasant and indigenous populations who are losing control over the process of water management and its benefits, while carrying most of the burdens. It is not uncommon to observe that national policies, legislation and development interventions, often unconsciously, not only reinforce unequal water tenure structures and social differentiation, but also neglect or destroy the great diversity of equitable rules and practices often present in peasant irrigation. This paradox, of the peasant and indigenous demand for both the right to equality and the right to difference, lies at the heart of this book. Within a wider context, the book focuses on the Andean situation to probe and illustrate the central theme.
Authors: Rutgerd Boelens, González Davila
Language: English
Subfield: Water Science and Technology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1528733218