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Zeitoun, Mark.

Power and water in the Middle East : the hidden politics of the Palestinian-Israeli water conflict / Mark Zeitoun. - xiv, 214 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-208) and index.

Water wars or water conflicts? --
Understanding power and water --
An asymmetrically distributed resource --
Highly politicised hydropolitics --
Hard power : coercing the outcome --
Bargaining power : the Joint Water Committee --
Ideational power : imposing ideas --
Hydraulic power : dominance of production --
Israeli hydro-hegemony --
Appendices.

Provides a fresh perspective on the Palestinian-Israeli water conflict. This work is suitable for researchers, professionals and policy makers involved with the politics of the Middle East and with water conflict more generally.

ISBN: 9781845114640 1845114647 9781848859975

LCCN: 2008298421

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Water-supply--Political aspects--Palestine.
Water-supply--Political aspects--Israel.
Water resources development--Political aspects--Palestine.
Water resources development--Political aspects--Israel.

LC Class. No.: HD1698.P4 / Z45 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 333.910095694 / Z.M.P