Goodwin, G (2021) Cerca del Rio y Lejos del Agua: Water, Autonomy and Hope in the Ecuadorian Andes. In: Ioris, A, (ed.) Environment and Development: Challenges, Policies and Practices. Palgrave Macmillan , Cham, Switzerland ISBN 978-3-030-55415-6
Abstract
Community water associations perform a pivotal role in the delivery of water services in the rural Ecuadorian Andes. The water that they deliver to houses and farmers is the fruit of a historical process of collective organisation that has united rural families and communities in a struggle to overcome socially constructed water scarcity. Through this ongoing struggle, water associations have developed varying degrees and forms of collective autonomy. Not only has this enabled them to distribute potable and irrigation water, but also create new social and political practices and relations. Drawing on the innovative work of Ana C. Dinerstein, this chapter traces the contours of this historical process, explaining how water associations have carved out space to take autonomous control of local water supplies and reconfigure relations with the state and nature.
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 02 Feb 2022 10:41 |
Last Modified: | 02 Feb 2022 10:41 |
Published Version: | https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-5... |
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Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/978-3-030-55416-3_8 |
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