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1 Kahn, M. 1983. In fear of an aqueduct: Irrigation systems as potentially disruptive forces. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, 1983. 20 p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: F 631.7 G965 KAH Record No: H01413)
2 Ramamurthy, P. 1984. Irrigation and organization on the BDSL District, Andhra Pradesh, India. 18p.
Community development ; Farmers' associations ; Social aspects ; Political aspects / India / Andhra Pradesh
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 1056 Record No: H01417)
3 Ponrajah, A. J. P. 1981. Planning irrigation schemes. Paper presented at Pilot Training Programme in Settlement Planning, Gannoruwa, Sri Lanka, 20 July - 12 August 1981. 19p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 1099 Record No: H01421)
4 Varisco, D. M. 1983. Sayl and Ghayl: The ecology of the water allocation in Yemen. Human Ecology, 11(4):365-383.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 1258 Record No: H01520)
A comparison is made between the two major types of water allocation systems in Yemen: Seasonal flood (sayl) and highland spring flow (ghayl). Constraints in the nature of water as a flowing resource are defined for each system. The major distinctions between the two types of systems are variability in water flow (which influences the determination of access rights), techniques of water control, measurement of water turns, the need for supervision of irrigation activities, and the potential for economic expansion of the production system. It is argued that tribal political organization is an adaptive response to highland spring flow allocation in Yemen, but undergoes stress in coastal flood systems where competition for the same water source extends across tribal boundaries in upstream-down- stream conflict.
5 Blair, H. W. 1981. The political economy of participation in local development programs: Short-term impasse & long-term change in south Asia and the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s. Ithaca, NY, USA: Rural Development Committee. Center for International Studies, Cornell University. xiv, 196p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.19 G000 BLA Record No: H01534)
6 Chambers, R. 1981. In search of a water revolution: Priorities for irrigation management in the 1980's. Water Supply & Management, 5(1):5-19.
Rural development ; Irrigation management ; Research ; Equity ; Water supply ; Flow ; Project appraisal ; Political aspects
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 1213 Record No: H01624)
7 Goonasekera, K. G. A. 1985. A case study of irrigation water management at Kaudulla irrigation scheme and development of water management alternatives for the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Unpublished dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Sciences and Engineering. xxi, 384p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7 G744 GOO Record No: H01637)
A case study was conducted at the Kaudulla irrigation system in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. The principle objective of the study was to perform a comprehensive evaluation of the system in operation with primary focus on identifying major constraints to effective irrigation management through multi-disciplinary research approach. Inadequate control facilities and neglected maintenance of the channel system were the major problems affecting irrigation management. Other constraints identified were the lack of motivation among management personnel and insufficient funds available for maintenance, which were dependent on constraints external to the system, namely the national economic and political environment. The delicate economic status of a majority of the farmers, grassroot level political environment and the economic vicissitudes of the entire country have resulted in the formation of vicious economic cycles that has contributed to a break down in the institutions essential for an engineering system to function effectively. Irrigation management alternatives were developed on the basis of generating motivational incentives to the management personnel and financial resources to sustain the technical capability of the engineering system to effectively distribute the irrigation water. Techniques for integrating these aspects into new community organizations in addition to existing organizational frame work were outlined. These procedures should assist in eliminating the major constraints to effective utilization and management of irrigation water.
8 Ssennyonga, J. W. 1986. Kenya's transition from the Wittfogelian legacy to community- managed irrigation. Paper presented at the Forum on Irrigation Systems and Applications, WMS II Project, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, 13-15 May 1986. 33p.
Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Policy ; Bureaucracy ; Political aspects ; Irrigated farming / Kenya
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 291 Record No: H01669)
This paper analyses the historical, agronomic, and organizational factors which have led to the radical break with irrigation policies which, since the 1900's in varying forms and circumstances, have until recently approximated to Wittfogels' (1957) model. He associates the emergence of centralized bureaucratic forms of government with the introduction of large-scale irrigation systems. In the case of oriental societies, he contends, despotic political systems were necessary for the maintenance of irrigated agriculture. This paper is not concerned with whether or not Wittfogel's hypothesis has universal applicability, rather it only attempts to trace aspects in Kenyan irrigation policies which vindicate Wittfogel's model.
9 Chambers, R. 1977. On substituting political and administrative will for foreign exchange: The potential for water management in the dry zone. In S. W. R. de A. Samarasinghe (Ed.), Agriculture in the peasant sector of Sri Lanka (pp. 100-112). Peradeniya, Sri Lanka: Ceylon Studies Seminar.
Primary level irrigation ; Government managed irrigation systems ; Irrigation management ; Political aspects ; Farmer-agency interactions / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 1496 Record No: H01710)
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10 Thomas, L. L.; von Benda-Beckmann, F. (Eds.) 1985. Change and continuity in Minangkabau: Local, regional, and historical perspectives on West Sumatra. Athens, OH, USA: Ohio University Press. 347p. (Monographs in international studies, Southeast Asia series (Ohio University) no.71)
Social aspects ; International cooperation ; Political aspects ; Decision making ; Organizations ; Economic aspects ; Rural sociology / Indonesia / West Sumatra
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 301 G662 THO Record No: H01786)
Papers presented at a symposium held in April 1981 in Amsterdam, under the auspices of the Inter-congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences.
11 Hart, K. 1982. Political economy of West African agriculture. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ix, 226 p. (Cambridge studies in social anthropology no. 43)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.1 G100 HAR Record No: H01783)
12 Barker, J. (Ed.) 1984. The politics of agriculture in tropical Africa. Beverly Hills, CA, USA: Sage Publications. 320 p. (Sage series on African modernization and development vol. 9)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.1 G100 BAR Record No: H01789)
13 Small, L. E.; Adriano, M. S.; Martin, E. D. 1986. Regional study on irrigation service fees: Final report - Vol. 2. Unpublished report submitted to the Asian Development Bank by IIMI under the ADB Technical Assistance for a Regional Study on Irrigation Service Fees. v. p.
(Location: IWMI-India Call no: IIMI-631.7.4 G000 SMA Record No: H002358)
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14 Small, L. E.; Adriano, M. S.; Martin, E. D. 1986. Regional study on irrigation service fees: Section II. Unpublished report submitted to the Asian Development Bank by IIMI under the ADB Technical Assistance for a Regional Study on Irrigation Service Fees. v.p.
(Location: IWMI-India Call no: IIMI-631.7.4 G000 SMA Record No: H002793)
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Appendices 1-3 and 4-5
15 1985. The Far East and Australasia 1986. 17 London, UK: Europa Publications. xiv, 989p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: R 900 G570 FAR Record No: H01938)
16 Michel, A. A. 1967. The Indus rivers: A study of the effects of partition. Ann Arbor, MI, USA: UMI. xxv, 595p.
Rivers ; History ; Colonialism ; Irrigation canals ; Conflict ; Groundwater ; Political aspects / Pakistan / India / Indus River
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7 G000 MIC Record No: H01926)
17 Farmer, B. H. 1983. An introduction to South Asia. New York, NY, USA: Methuen. 253p.
Social aspects ; Political aspects ; Economic development ; International cooperation ; Agricultural development / South Asia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 915.4 G576 FAR Record No: H01964)
18 Hamid, M. A. 1981. Irrigation technology, rural institution and the rural poor in Bangladesh. Paper prepared for the Seminar on Rural Technology, Rural Institutions and the Rural Poorest, Comilla, Bangladesh, 2-5 February, 1981. 41p.
Poverty ; Income distribution ; Irrigation effects ; Political aspects ; Agricultural production ; Economic aspects ; Rural sociology / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 307 Record No: H02240)
19 Ludden, D. Patronage and irrigation in Tamil Nadu: A long term view. The Indian Economic and Social History Review, 16(3):346-365.
Irrigated farming ; History ; Tank irrigation ; Water management ; Political aspects / India / Tamil Nadu
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 1341 Record No: H02549)
20 Jabbar, M. B. 1985. The political economic dimension of minor irrigation development. In Biswas, M. R., Evaluating the role of institutions in irrigation programme: Some preliminary findings. Mymensingh, Bangladesh: Bangladesh Agricultural University. pp.160.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G584 EVA Record No: H02420)
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