Interest Groups, Water Politics and Governance

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 by the interest groups are the resettlement of villagers where some of the dams for the projects are being constructed. The author argues that interest groups and individuals have the ability to influence the above-mentioned institutions and to such an extent that water politics and governance is not the domain of state institutions only.

One of the first and only studies of kind from an international relations perspective The study incorporates a hydro political history of the Orange River that will be valuable to a variety of disciplines The study is also novel in its application of theory Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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