State-ing natural resources through law: The codification and articulation of water scarcity and citizenship in Israel

Arab World Geographer

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-37

  Alatout, Samer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Israel; Palestine; Science and technology studies; State theory; Water politics

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; LEGISLATION; MARGINALIZATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLITICAL POWER; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 39449114316     PISSN: 14806800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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