Tool-power: Water infrastructure as wellsprings of state power

Geoforum

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 215-224

  Meehan, Katie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrastructure; Law; Object oriented philosophy; Power; Technology; Tijuana; Water

Indexed keywords

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL POWER; POWER RELATIONS; STATE ROLE; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TECHNOLOGY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TIJUANA;

EID: 84908334797     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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