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1 Ostrom, E.; Ahn, T. K. (Eds.) 2010. Foundations of social capital. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. 590p. (Critical Studies in Economic Institutions 2)
Sociology ; Political systems ; Democracy ; Economic development ; Collective action ; Investment ; Policy ; Social structure ; Networks ; Institutions ; History
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 302 G000 OST Record No: H044297)
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2 Cumming, G. S. 2012. The resilience of big river basins. In Fisher, M.; Cook, Simon (Eds.). Water, food and poverty in river basins: defining the limits. London, UK: Routledge. pp.301-333.
River basins ; Ecosystems ; Case studies ; Sociology ; Ecology ; Environmental effects ; Upstream ; Downstream ; Water users / Africa / South America / Asia / China / Iran / India / Pakistan / Limpopo River Basin / Karkeh River Basins / Nile River Basin / Volta River Basin / Niger River Basin / Yellow River Basin / Indus River Basin / Ganges River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H044849)
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3 Williams, Timothy Olalekan; Gyampoh, Benjamin; Kizito, Fred; Namara, Regassa. 2012. Water implications of large-scale land acquisitions in Ghana. Water Alternatives, 5(2):243-265.
Land ownership ; Land acquisitions ; Land policies ; Property rights ; Biofuels ; Water governance ; Water rights ; Foreign investment ; Sociology ; Ecology ; Institutions ; Corporate culture / Ghana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044917)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol5/v5issue2/168-a5-2-4/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044917.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044917.pdf
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This paper examines the water dimensions of recent large-scale land acquisitions for biofuel production in the Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo and Northern regions of Ghana. Using secondary sources of data complemented by individual and group interviews, the paper reveals an almost universal lack of consideration of the implications of large-scale land deals for crop water requirements, the ecological functions of freshwater ecosystems and water rights of local smallholder farmers and other users. It documents the factors responsible for this apparent oversight including the multiplicity of land and water governance systems, sharp sectoral boundaries between land and water policies, property rights and institutions, outdated statutes, poorly resourced and ineffective regulatory agencies, and unequal power relations in land acquisition deals. The paper shows that due to a lack of an approach that jointly considers land and water management policies and institutions in acceding to large-scale land deals, the benefits derived by local people were insufficient to cover the involuntary permanent loss of their water rights and livelihoods and the risks posed to ecosystem services. Options for establishing alternative institutional arrangements that will allow water availability, use and management as well as social and environmental standards to be factored, ex ante, into large-scale land deals are explored. The paper offers recommendations which can help the government to achieve its stated objective of developing a "policy framework and guidelines for large-scale land acquisitions by both local and foreign investors for biofuels that will protect the interests of investors and the welfare of Ghanaian farmers and landowners".
4 Lemenih, Mulugeta; Bossio, D.; Langan, Simon. 2012. Exploring ecosystem services contribution to social-ecological resilience in Ethiopian agricultural landscapes. [Presented at the Workshop on Rainfed Production under Growing Rain Variability: Closing the Yield Gap]. [Abstract only]. In Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). Water and food security. Abstract volume, World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden, 26-31 August 2012. Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). pp.134-135.
Agricultural landscape ; Ecosystems ; Sociology ; Ecology ; River basins ; Living standards ; Poverty / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045048)
http://www.worldwaterweek.org/documents/Resources/Synthesis/Abstract-Volume-2012.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045048.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045048.pdf
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5 Clement, Floriane. 2013. For critical social-ecological system studies: integrating power and discourses to move beyond the right institutional fit. Environmental Conservation, 40 (1):1-4. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892912000276]
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045631)
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Overcoming the ‘panacea problem’ has been a major challenge for scholars devoted to the study of social-ecological systems (SESs). Panaceas are overly simplified institutional prescriptions, which have recurrently misguided natural resource policies across the world. To address this challenge, SES-scholars have focused their efforts on identifying the right institutional fit for a particular system, and a major initiative to refine the analysis of human-environment interaction has been the development of a multi-tiered interdisciplinary framework, called the SES framework. SES studies and analytical frameworks need to go beyond their current focus on finding the right institutional fit by positing power and discourses as key components of the analysis of SESs.
6 Shah, Tushaar; Samad, Madar; Ariyaratne, Ranjith; Jinapala, K. 2013. Ancient small-tank irrigation in Sri Lanka: continuity and change. Economic and Political Weekly, 58(11):58-65.
Irrigation systems ; Tank irrigation ; Groundwater irrigation ; Models ; Arid zones ; Sociology ; Ecology ; Farmers organizations ; Wells ; Pumps ; Crops ; Rice ; Power ; Electricity ; Economic aspects / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045757)
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This paper shows that winds of change are blowing in the dry zones of north-central Sri Lanka, the original hydraulic civilisation of the world. The social organisation of tank irrigation – which for centuries had combined a stylised land-use pattern, a system of highly differentiated property rights, and elaborate rules of community management of tank irrigation –has now been morphing in response to demographic pressures, market signals, technical change and modernisation. What are the lessons for south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa?
7 Ratner, B. D.; Meinzen-Dick, R.; Hellin, J.; Mapedza, Everisto; Unruh, J.; Veening, W.; Haglund, E.; May, C.; Bruch, C. 2013. Addressing conflict through collective action in natural resource management: a synthesis of experience. Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 41p. (CAPRi Working Paper 112) [doi: https://doi.org/10.2499/CAPRiWP112]
Natural resources management ; Collective action ; Conflict ; Risks ; Institutions ; Frameworks ; Cooperation ; Sociology ; Ecology ; Governance ; Food production ; Rural areas ; Living standards / Africa / Asia / Latin America
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046235)
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The food security crisis, international “land grabs,” and new markets for environmental services have drawn renewed attention to the role of natural resource competition in the livelihoods of the rural poor. While significant empirical research has focused on diagnosing the links between natural resource competition and (violent) conflict, much less has focused on the dynamics of whether and how resource competition can be transformed to strengthen social-ecological resilience and mitigate conflict. Focusing on this latter theme, this review synthesizes evidence from a wide range of cases in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Building on an analytical framework designed to enable such comparative analysis; we present several propositions about the dynamics of conflict and collective action in natural resource management, and a series of recommendations for action. These propositions are: that collective action in natural resources management is influenced by the social-ecological and governance context, that natural resource management institutions affect the incentives for conflict or cooperation, and that the outcomes of these interactions influence future conflict risk, livelihoods, and resource sustainability. Action recommendations concern policies addressing resource tenure, conflict resolution mechanisms, and social inequalities, as well as strategies to strengthen collective action institutions in the natural resource sectors and to enable more equitable engagement by marginalized groups in dialogue and negotiation over resource access and use.
8 Barker, C. 2012. Cultural studies: theory and practice. 4th ed. London, UK: Sage. 552p.
Sociology ; Cultural factors ; Cultural behaviour ; Social behaviour ; Sex ; Languages ; Modernization ; Gender ; Women ; Ethnic groups ; Economic aspects ; Political aspects ; Urbanization ; Ideology ; Biology
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 306 G000 BAR Record No: H046472)
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9 CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 2015. Groundwater and ecosystem services: a framework for managing smallholder groundwater-dependent agrarian socio-ecologies - applying an ecosystem services and resilience approach. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) 25p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2015.208]
Groundwater irrigation ; Ecosystem services ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Agrarian structure ; Sociology ; Ecology ; Wetlands ; Research ; Hydrology ; Geology ; Irrigation water ; Water use ; Water management ; Land use ; Sustainability ; Impact assessment ; Living standards ; Case studies
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046997)
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10 Speranza, C. I. 2010. Resilient adaptation to climate change in African agriculture. Bonn, Germany: German Development Institute (DIE). 311p. (German Development Institute Studies 54)
Climate change ; Adaptation ; Agricultural development ; Farming systems ; Early warning systems ; Sociology ; Ecology ; Sustainability ; Poverty ; Stakeholders ; Farmers ; Irrigation management ; Soil management ; Crop management ; Seeds ; Agricultural research ; Diversification ; Livestock management ; Rural finance ; Food production ; Food security ; Pest management ; Disease management ; Ecosystem services ; Rain water management / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 577.22 G100 SPE Record No: H047090)
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11 Foucault, M.; Faubion, J. D. (Ed.); Hurley, R. et al. (Trans.). 2000. Essential works of Foucault, 1954-1984, Vol. 3: power. New York, NY, USA: The New Press. 484p.
Philosophy ; Sociology ; Political aspects ; Medical sciences ; Public health ; Human rights ; Social security ; Government ; Legal aspects ; Psychiatry ; Law enforcement / France
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 194 G906 FOU Record No: H047600)
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12 Saad, D.; Byrne, D.; Drechsel, Pay. 2017. Social perspectives on the effective management of wastewater. In Farooq, R.; Ahmad, Z. (Eds.). Physico-chemical wastewater treatment and resource recovery. Rijeka, Croatia: InTech. pp.253-267. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5772/67312]
Sociology ; Social participation ; Public participation ; Community involvement ; Wastewater treatment ; Water reuse ; Gender ; Waste disposal ; Food security ; Water security ; Water demand ; Public health ; Environmental health ; Health hazards
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048125)
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The chapter discusses how adopting a holistic methodology that acknowledges socio-logical factors, including community participation, public involvement, social perception, attitudes, gender roles and public acceptance, would lead to improvements in wastewater management practice. It highlights the social dimension as a tool, a lens through which wastewater management and reuse can take on new dimensions. In this way, this chapter aims to shift the focus from perceiving wastewater as a nuisance that needs disposal, toward a resource not to be wasted, which can contribute to food security, human and environmental health, access to energy as well as water security.
13 Tozzi, A. 2024. Reimagining the governance of water from the ground up: on the ‘worlding-practices’ of grassroots movements building alternative ‘water worlds’ Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 24p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486231223627]
Water governance ; Rainfed farming ; Rainfall ; Grassroots organizations ; Sociology ; Ecology ; Policies ; Green revolution ; Technology ; Political aspects ; Precipitation / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052537)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/25148486231223627?download=true
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052537.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052537.pdf
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This paper speaks to the uneven scholarly attention gone into tracing dominant forms of water governance as opposed to practices crafting alternative human-water relations on the ground. Through the case of an Indian-based network mobilising to transform how we understand rainfed regions as rain-dependent socio-ecologies, I theorise their action ‘with care’, a commitment to think-with grassroots movements as actors capable of bringing new worlds into being. Describing their activities as worlding-practices, I explore how the network confronts the invisibilities inscribed by the current paradigm reducing water to irrigation by defining alternative metrological tools that recentre the governance of water from the perspective of the rainfall. Tinkering with the variables of the constituted metrology, the network utilises an atlas, a formula, and an acronym to enact a different rainfed sociality into being, creating visibilities and cares for neglected things. Through the story of a grassroots group and their strategies of mobilisation, this account contributes to debates on how to pluralise water governance, suggesting that reimagining its practices requires taking seriously the performativity of grassroots knowledges. Building alliances between research and activism as e/affective world-building partners becomes key to co-theorise liveable human-water relations and caring socio-ecologies at large.
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