Groundwater governmentality: Hegemony and technologies of resistance in Rajasthan's (India) groundwater governance

Geographical Journal

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 208-220

  Birkenholtz, Trevor ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decentralisation; Environmentality; India; Irrigation; Subjectivity; Waterconflict

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECENTRALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HEGEMONY; IRRIGATION; PRIVATIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WORLD BANK;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70149107833     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2009.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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