The Politics of Riverine Rights by Malene K. Brandshaug, Axel... - 9781032946788

The Politics of Riverine RightsEnvironmental Struggles in Aotearoa New Zealand, Colombia and India\nAuthor(s): Malene K. Brandshaug, Axel Borchgrevink\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032946788, 978-1032946788\nSynopsis\nThis edited collection is based on comparative ethnographic research and explores the concept of riverine rights in Aotaroa New Zealand, Colombia and India where rivers have been declared legal persons: the Whanganui River, Ro Atrato, the Ganga and the Yamuna.\n\nThe cases drew significant attention from academia and the wider public, as examples of the rights of nature in practice. This book contributes with in-depth empirical research carried out by a highly interdisciplinary team of co-authors from anthropology, law, history, political science, management studies and water science many of whom are from the case study countries and the river basins. The first chapters carefully examine each c.