Interest Groups, Water Politics and Governance The Case of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project /

• Main Author: Meissner, Richard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
• Subjects: Political science.; Environmental management.; Political theory.; International relations.; Sustainable development.; Environmental economics.; Political Science and International Relations.; International Relations.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Environmental Economics.; Political Theory.; Sustainable Development.

The book investigates the role interest groups have played over the years to influence the governments of Lesotho and South Africa, the World Bank and project implementation authorities in changing some policy aspects of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP). Some of the issues being agitated b...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Interest Groups
• The Orange-Senqu River
• Everyday Agency and the Lesotho Highland Water Project
• References.