Water Politics and Political Culture Turkey’s compatibility with the European Union /

• Main Author: Oktem, Onur (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental management.; Comparative politics.; Water pollution.; Cultural studies.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Comparative Politics.; Cultural Studies.

This book presents an analysis of the main traits of the Turkish political culture and articulates some of the most important deeply embedded social qualifications of political life in Turkey. It reveals that when water management is historically and socially shaped by heavily technical knowledge sy...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Social Construction of Water Management and Political Culture
• 3. IWRM as a Social Construct
• 4. Political Culture of Turkish Water Bureaucracy
• 5. Water Transfers and Turkish Political Culture: Melen Case
• 6. Comparing Political Cultures of Turkey and Spain
• 7. Conclusion
• Appendix. .